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12 11 Barrio lIxaininer Saturday March 26 I977 Conservation key for PUC customers Getting the habit ii IJltll ttllItltls ol Barrie Electric Light had their Elliot Willis The photograph was donated to the Barrie Ilt rthiii Brown nephew of Willis Il pholot picture taken on Illwsoiis Hill In the photograph are laik llare Lake Savmg electriCity is habit people WIII have to get into before too long says Bill Elson ot Barries Public Utilities tominisston PUtt Mr Elson said people tiave to become energy consctous ll people realize how serious the Situation is thats great he said But ldont think they Will He said some experts believe people WIII not change their habits until the cost of elec itllI makes its use prohibitive Ontario he said has had pleiilitiil supply of electricity and people have picked up number of bad habits Mr rjlsllii said some of the olivious ones are leavmg light bulbs burning teleVision sets on and washing clothes during peak demand periods OLDBIZLIEFS the old belief that light bulb uses iilore electricity when turtied on and oil is not trite he said adding the bulbs should be shllt oll whenever not iii iise Also he said people shoilld replace high wattage light bulbs too or tit wattsgt with lower oiies unless the light is needed for solely or reading Mr lilsoii said bigl wasters of electricity in tile tioiiie are on stantron televisions trostrtree relrlgeratois aiid sell tlttlllllltl stoves All ol these iise more elec tiiclt ttiaii normal standard appliances hesaid tltillll to booklet troiil Energy Mines and ltesources tanada in federal depart ment cubioloot standard retrigerator uses 51 llitllii hours of power year l2 cublertoot Itllstrittt reliigerator uses 1300 klitllii hours the booklet says the trust tree refrigerator costs more to buy and up to 30 per cent more tor the electricial energy to rtin ll lilstantron televisions it says draw electricity Ethours day to keep it warm because some people cant wait few minutes tor ttie set to warm up Mr rlsn said people itli iii stantron televisions can reduce their electric bills by unpliigiiig will be important for all of us the sets over night or when not muse Perhaps theyll be little iii conVienced he said llllC STOVE The biggest user ot elec tricity apart from electric water heaters is the stove he said Mr Elson said most ot the power is used during the peak demand period to JH which also causes some problems He said some stoves have timer feature which let people cook their meals during the day Barrie lUt he said is billed by Ontario tlydro based on the peak demand period con sumption ll people conserve power during the peak period then theyll save the lttt and in the long ruit themselves motley he said Mr lilson said people can also save money by checking the door seals on refrigerators and ItttlttS with pieee ot paper person shouldnt be able to run piece ol paper around the seal he said ll the door does not close property then the appliance is on all ttie titiic Illttlltt heating is still being used in many old and new homes he said adding the cost is not very littereiit from other luels lNStlllO Most people for all types of heating are IJllIlllL to use more insulation especith iii ltNItlllIilIilt lt ljlson said at one time the extra cost of insulation was more than people could save in ltlel costs lteeause ot the treineii doust large increases in tilel it eheaper to add insulation litsaid ltie tederal government booklet says thorough re iiislilatioii can save as much as so per cent in heating eosts while modest JOI can save 130 toitttpereent lhe recommenth amount used to be tour inches ot in sulation in the walls and six in hes in the ceiling but people are puttingniore in hesaid Barries 13000 hydro users have to learn to conserve elec tricity or live With blackouts says Bill Elson oi the Public Utilities Commissmn PUC They and other Ontario reSldents are facing very serious Situation Mr Elson secretary treasurer of the PUC said peo ple have been spoiled over the years by an abundance of hydro power Suddenly everything has turned around he said One day were promoting electricity for everything and now were telling people to conserve When power was abundant he said people learned lot of bad habits which waste elec tricity little bit here and little bit there That all adds up to lot he said People wont realize how bad the Situation IS until they experience blackout Mr Elson said Ontario Hydro can not keep up to the demand for electrictty The problem he said is not generating power but finding money to build new plants needed to meet the annual seven per cent increase in demand The technology IS there he said But the crunch is really finding the tunds It takes huge amounts 01 money to buud the necessary plants Electricuy he said is sutler ing similar problems as other fuels increasing demand With shorter supplies forcing higher prices Ontario Hydro reached an all time record peak Dec 13 with demand for 15939000 kilowatts of power The figure exceeded the December 1975 peak by 98 per cent ln Barrie the demand reach ed 66000 kilowatts on Dec 13 which was short of the all time record peak ol 71500 kilowatts in February The city has capacity of about 85000 kilowatts of power Mr Elson said effective Jan the 13000 residential com merCial and industrial hydro users were paying about 237 per cent more for electriCity PROBLEMS This could create some pro blems he said because people trying to conserve will not lind any substantial decrease in electric bills next year lt creates quite paradox he said Were telling people to save electricity but they wont be saving any money on their bills Mr Elson said this is one of the things which are going to hurt us The PUC has two sets of ratesone for residential and the other for general commer ctal and industrial customers increases based on monthly use are approved by Ontario Hydro New residential rates are tor the first 50 kilowatt hours month eight cents kilowatt hour from 63 cents the next 200 kilowatt hours month four cents kilowatt hour from 35 cents and for the balance 23 cents kilowatt hour from 18 cents Average residential use is between 750 and 1000 kilowatt hours of power month kilowatt hour is equal to us ing 10 loowatt light bulbs for one hour New general user rates are for the first 50 kilowatt hours month eight cents kilowatt hour from 63 cents lor the next 200 kilowatt hours month four cents kilowatt hour from 35 cents for the next 9750 kilowatt hours month four cents kilowatt hour from 35 cents tor the next 9750 kilowatt hours month 29 cents kilowatt hour from 24 cents II ltlttlx lots ol rare to keep the IlllLt strain genttattlit plant on llilleltl and Slimoi tleets tillllllllL at its peak Iii laos the eiiiplouis at the liarrie IIHHI and Light plant had ten minutes or liistoiit photograph llair iiiilh second engineer uses in oil iall near the large wheel in the foreground thile iii the back three others from lelt William Willis electrician 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