Abstract :
In earlier publications of the department, such as “Super Power Studies in Northeastern Section of the United States,” great emphasis was laid upon the possibilities of the elimination of waste which lay in the transformation of the power industry through the discoveries in the science of long-distance transmission and their application by large central generating plants feeding large system and their interconnection with each other. Such savings lay in the greater economy in power production by saving fuel and labor by the larger central plants; the reduction of the amount of reserve equipment required; a better average load factor, and thus less equipment, through pooling of the daily and seasonal fluctuations, together with wider diversification in use; more security against interruption; better utilization of water power by applying it to base loads while making steam carry the peaks; utilization of secondary power from the seasonal flow of streams to the partial relief of steam; savings in industry by replacement of factory steam plants, the increased day load being supplied by the same generating equipment as night load for cities; the larger application of power in replacement of factory labor; and likewise the economies in the household and farm application of power.
