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Will there be enough electricity available in Rappahannock County this summer for all local needs? Or will there be shortages at certain times, as was the case in many communities last year?
On the basis of a nationwide survey, the Federal Power Commission warns that “some areas of the country may experience shortages as a result of inadequate installed capacity to meet forecasted summer peak loads.”
Because there are many more air conditioners, television sets, electric stoves, washing machines and other appliances in use locally than there were in earlier years, the demand for electricity has been zooming.
According to the Department of Commerce, the per capita requirements in the United States have been increasing five times faster than population.
In the general area encompassing Rappahannock County, the amount of current needed for residential use alone went up 83 percent in five years.
The rise locally was from 6,000,000 kilowatt hours a year to a pproximately 11,000,000 kilowatt hours, according to an analysis of statwide figures.
Although private and public utilities throughout the country are rushing to get new generating units built to meet the rising demand for electricity, it will take a huge investment of capital and a lone period of time to meet present and future needs.
Meanwhile, this summer included, there will be power cutbacks, known as brownouts, in hard-pressed areas. People will then be asked to switch off their air conditioners and other appliances. Commerical and industrial users will also be asked to cut down, as they were last summer.
One company, the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, has announced that it has stopped looking for new
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