Abstract :
The advantages of a high loadfactor are so manifest as to require no discussion. During the last 10 years great advances have been made in methods of attaining a load-factor of 100 per cent, by t he use of household labor-savers that depend upon electric current as their source of power. Perhaps the greatest increase in the day load for the central station has been due to the installation of motors for industrial purposes, although the time of demand for power by these motors during the winter overlaps the time of demand for lighting current, thus increasing somewhat the peak load, yet the average load-factor has been bettered by their installation. From midnight to dawn there is little demand for electric power from the central station, and electric power that could be furnished between the hours of 12:00 at night and 6:00 in the morning, would greatly improve the loadfactors of central stations and increase their revenue accordingly. The electric vehicle can be made the means of establishing a load for that part of the twenty-four hours, when it is most desirable for the central station company to furnish it. By the use of the electric vehicle the load is taken off the peak indirectly by filling in that portion of the time when there is small demand for power of any kind.
