Development of Power at Niagara Falls, N.Y.: Hearings...Eighty- Fifth Congress, First Session on S. 512 and S. 1037, Bills to Authorize the Construction of Certain Works of Improvement in the Niagara River for Power and Other Purposes. April 10-13, 1957 |
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... tion of a substantial part of the generating facilities of Niagara Mohawk's Schoellkopf plant . Nonutilization of the diversion permitted at Niagara Falls represents a con- tinuing economic loss which in terms of fuel cost alone of ...
... tion of a substantial part of the generating facilities of Niagara Mohawk's Schoellkopf plant . Nonutilization of the diversion permitted at Niagara Falls represents a con- tinuing economic loss which in terms of fuel cost alone of ...
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... tion in the Northeastern States , and none whatever in my State . Later in your report , you said : Today the State of New York , and generally the entire Northeastern region , has no great public source of power supply upon which ...
... tion in the Northeastern States , and none whatever in my State . Later in your report , you said : Today the State of New York , and generally the entire Northeastern region , has no great public source of power supply upon which ...
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... tion to their rural and domestic consumers and their needs than was allocated to the private utlities . And I looked the figures over . I will not give them to you because Chairman Moses is here , and has them with him , I assume , and ...
... tion to their rural and domestic consumers and their needs than was allocated to the private utlities . And I looked the figures over . I will not give them to you because Chairman Moses is here , and has them with him , I assume , and ...
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... tion not been put in - which incidentally was the first time in the history of the Senate of the United States that that was ever done- we wouldn't be here at all . We would be before the Federal Power Commission where the New York ...
... tion not been put in - which incidentally was the first time in the history of the Senate of the United States that that was ever done- we wouldn't be here at all . We would be before the Federal Power Commission where the New York ...
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... tion , and also because of the fact that if you have a Federal prefer- ence clause in New York , what it would lead to only is the incentive to condemn existing utility systems and steam plants and other pos- sessions of utilities in ...
... tion , and also because of the fact that if you have a Federal prefer- ence clause in New York , what it would lead to only is the incentive to condemn existing utility systems and steam plants and other pos- sessions of utilities in ...
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agency allocation basis bonds Canada Chairman Clark bill co-ops committee Congress construction contracts cost cubic feet customers distribution domestic and rural economic market area economic transmission distance facilities Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission Federal preference clause feet per second financing GATCHELL GINNA going Governor industries Ives-Javits bill kilowatt-hour kilowatts Lawrence power Lawrence project Lawrence River legislation license load factor MACHOLD ment miles MILLER million mills MOORE MOSES municipalities and rural Niagara Falls Niagara Mohawk Niagara power Niagara project Niagara River Ohio operation Pennsylvania percent POLETTI power purposes preference provision proposed question rates reasonable redevelopment requirements reservation rural and domestic rural consumers rural electric cooperatives Schoellkopf plant sell Senator CARROLL Senator COTTON Senator GORE Senator IVES Senator JAVITS Senator KERR Senator KUCHEL Senator NEUBERGER statement tion transmission lines treaty United Vermont York Power Authority York State Power
Popular passages
Page 152 - This policy is further declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made available...
Page 106 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 100 - Act, whether at the expense of a licensee hereunder or of the United States, shall at all times be controlled by such reasonable rules and regulations in the interest of navigation, including the control of the level of the pool caused by such dam or diversion structure...
Page 95 - No. 2546-7. (ili) all other structures, fixtures, equipment or facilities used or useful in the maintenance and operation of the project and located on the project area, including such portable property as may be used or useful in connection with the project or any part thereof, whether located on or off the project area, if and to the extent that the inclusion of such property as...
Page 97 - ... the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this Act.
Page 46 - ... sale to and use by industry shall be a secondary purpose, to be utilized principally to secure a sufficiently high load factor and revenue returns which will permit domestic and rural use at the lowest possible rates and in such manner as to encourage increased domestic and rural use of electricity.
Page 47 - Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project Is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes...
Page 99 - The licensee shall also install and maintain standard meters adequate for the determination of the amount of electric energy generated by said project works. The number, character, and location of gages, meters, or other measuring devices, and the method of operation thereof, shall at all times be satisfactory to the Commission...
Page 49 - ... authority shall in addition to other methods which it may find advantageous make provision so that municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state now or hereafter authorized by law to engage in the distribution of electrical current...
Page 5 - States share of the waters of the Niagara River made available by the provisions of the treaty, and no project for redevelopment of the United States share of such waters shall be undertaken until it be specifically authorized by act of Congress.