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This article examines the application of electric power production as the basis for an index of general business conditions. Some of the reasons why the author feels that this would be an efficient business index are the fact that electricity is the only widely used commodity which is created and measured as it is consumed, the measurement is free from the influence of prices, and the data for electrical power production is easily adapted to the construction of an index. The author constructed such an index and compared it to others, finding that it displayed much of the same information.

The article reports on business updates concerning the electric power industry in the U.S. Both electricity sales and utilization have declined compared to industry records in 1945. A comparison between residential and industrial electric power consumption is presented, noting the increasing electric power utilization in urban residences and farms despite of low income rates and scarcity of electric appliances. The growth in the commercial customer base of the industry is also discussed.

The article presents an overview of business trends and economic indicators in the United States as of February 15, 1933. Topics mentioned include charts showing the prices for commodities such as cotton, beef, and eggs over the past three weeks, figures for electric power consumption, and the number of banks that closed in the previous month.

The article discusses the future of electrical industry and its development in the U.S. The character of electrical development in the succeeding years depends largely on the degree of accommodation possible to effect between public and private interest. The objective of the drive against the electric utilities in the country is the demand for lower rates.

The article discusses the developments in the U.S. electric utilities sector in 1959. Special attention is paid to sector pricing, demand, and capacity. A table is presented with information about the growth and profitability of utility companies including Pacific Gas & Electric, Consolidated Edison, and American Electric Power.

The article reports on the issue regarding the announcement of Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. (Con Ed) to build the nation's biggest nuclear plant in New York city proper. According to Con Ed, the nuclear plant would prove economical only if located in the city proper, since transmission costs would be lower than if it were built outside New York. It notes that the city's continual expansion with its accompanying increase in electric usage give the company steady growth prospects.

Focuses on the conversion of energy. Radiation of less than 20 percent of a burned wood or coal in an open fireplace into a room; Computation of the maximum theoretical efficiency of a steam turbine or other heat engine by mathematician Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot; Consumption of some 24 percent of all electrical energy by lighting in the U.S. based on estimates of General Electric Co. as of September 1971.

The article discusses on the reactor materials, which opened way to work on design of power plants for every nation's needs. The conference at Geneva has brought out several reactor designs, which will help lesser consumption of energy on large stations of power plants. Engineers are expected to design giant reactors made from rod of uranium metal, graphite, water and air, and steel that will produce power at economic price.

The article focuses on a decline in efficiency in various public and private services in the U.S. It presents experiences of several customers who were not given proper services for their products they ordered from companies. It discusses several causes of inability in Americans including excessive expectations from others, the demand for greater variety of products and an increase in population. It states that the impacts of inefficiency range from a decline in the manpower in the New York Stock Exchange to an increase in electricity demand. Several measures to reduce inefficiencies are discussed which include registering complaints by customers for inferior quality goods and slapdash services, designing easily repairable products and government planning to improve infrastructure.

The article discusses the effect of a tropical hurricane on utilities in North Atlantic states of the United States in the 1930s. Topics mentioned include fluctuations in the power of electricity, the amount of power consumed by refrigerators, and the taxes paid by utility companies to federal and state authorities.

The article focuses on the increasing demand for electricity in the U.S. in the past decade, with new markets opening up for electric heat in 1932. Other topics discussed include the promotional efforts of the electrical industry in 1932 aimed to raise the average home consumption to 700 kilowatt hours, the sale of electric appliances during the year and the development of the agricultural uses of electricity.

This month marks the completion of the deal by which the Knoxville, Tennessee district receives cheap electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Little Tupelo, Mississippi, was the first town to have TVA current. The Knoxville district, with a population of about 125,000, will be the first large area so supplied. Altogether eleven contracts to supply current have already been made by the TVA with municipalities. Applications for contracts number more than 300, some of them from districts too far away to be served. The Knoxville deal is of first importance, both to the TVA and to the country as a whole. It establishes a precedent for federal power projects generally. The consumer receives current at rates not duplicated by any private utility. In Knoxville the reduction in the rates for a use of 240 kilowatt hours a month is 34.1 per cent. Even over the "promotional rates" offered by the private company when met with the threat of municipal competition, the saving to consumers is 16.4 per cent. The TVA rates in Knoxville include a 10 per cent surcharge which in ten years will pay off all the debt incurred in buying out the private company's facilities.

The article discusses Donald C. Luce, president of energy company Public Service Electric & Gas Co. The author focuses on a petition from Luce to the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for an increase in gas and electric rates, average electricity consumption, and revenues and earnings per share in 1949 and 1959.

The article focuses on electric utilities in the U.S. as of January 1959. The author discusses their production capacity, consumption by industry, and individual households demand. Topics include construction of new electric power plants, power sources, and corporate return on equity. Also reviewed is the business of electric power companies including Commonwealth Edison, American Electric Power Co., and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Special attention is paid to the recession on the sector.

The article analyzes the performance of electric utility stocks since the end of World War II. The author describes the investment potential of the stocks owing to the increasing number of residential customers and the increasing total output of electricity. Topics mentioned include the regulation of American power utilities, the percentage of profits paid to shareholders, and the Dow Jones utility average.

Focuses on uses of the dam built on the Columbia River, called the Bonneville Dam. Decline in the electricity bills of the forest Grove region in Oregon, due to the hydroelectric power of the dam used by the region; Decision of the Aluminum Co., of America to build a $3,000,000 plant forty miles down stream from the dam; Statement of college teacher Charles McKinley, that the Columbia River's vast supply of kilowatts can be exported from the region only in the form of finished goods; Role of the dam in the industrialization of the Northwest region; Amount of money demanded by Bonneville officials for transmission lines and for additional generators; Emphasis of the administration on the national-defense features of the Columbia River; Formation of Twenty-five Public Utility Districts to transmit Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dam power to the people in the State of Washington; Popularity of the Dam among voters of the Northwest region.

The article reports on the experiments being conducted by U.S. electric utilities on extra-high voltage (EHV). It is noted that EHV will supplant the standard 115,000 volt and 138,000 volt transmission lines of the industry to bring greater efficiency and flexibility. Electricity consumption in the country increased from 400-billion kilowatt hours in 1950 to roughly 900-billion kilowatt hours in 1962. Westinghouse Electric has tested a line that can carry 750,000 volts.

The article reports on the business growth of the Insull group of companies in the U.S. in September 1930, which sold total Insull securities worth up to 300 million U.S. dollars. It says that two-thirds of the financing of Insull has been by borrowings, which is a significant change from the practices of 1929. The rate of the country's electric power sold by Insull companies, the haziness about Insull and its interests and the progress made by the major holding companies Midland United and Middle West Utilities are also discussed.

The article focuses on the growing electric consumption in the U.S. since 1920 and looks at what utilities have been doing to address the increasing demand. Given the doubling of consumption by 1927, utilities are expected to add generating capacity totaling to some 106,000,000 kilowatt in 1954. Since 1934, the power business is reported to be gaining new customers at a rate of more than 1,500,000 a year. Early in 1954, there were 50,000,000 customers who signed up for the electric utilities.

The article reports on the strong performance of electric utility stock in times of economic uncertainty. The U.S. recession from 1953 to 1954 has resulted in a drop in the rate of gain in power production, but it failed to significantly affect the financial performance of electric utilities. The reason for the trend lies in the difference among electric power customers, which include industrial customers and commercial and residential users.

The article reports on the important role played by electric power utilities in the war program of the U.S. government in 1943. It states that the resource was the only basic materials which did not undergo civilian curtailment. It mentions that the trend is due to the bountiful supply of Class 1 utility systems in 1942 which reached 33,000,000 kilowatts (kws). It notes that the War Production Board (WPB) estimated the capacity to increase by 45,100,000 kws in 1944.

The article focuses on the cost of electricity, supplied by electric utilities in the U.S. and the influence of tax increases on it, imposed by the U.S. government as of June 15, 1939. The author discusses the significance of electricity to individual domestic users, follows their number increase since 1922, and comments on the value of the service. Attention is paid to the electricity consumption of large manufacturers and enterprises.

The article discusses the resistance of public utility shares and securities to depressions. Topics mentioned include a comparison of the electrical power consumption figures in the United States in 1930 and 1929, predictions of low deflation, and the ratio of earnings to stock prices for public utilities.

The article discusses the growth of the U.S. public utility industry in 1930. The total sales of electric power for the first seven months of the year grew 14.4%, while gross revenues rose 12.7%. At least 730,107 new domestic customers have been added to electric lines in the 12 months ended July 31. The average price of electric power per kilowatt hour to domestic consumers dropped from 6.55 cents at the beginning of 1928 to 6.04 cents by August 1930.

The article reports on the condition of basic industries in the U.S. as of June 1933. In the construction industry, the volume of contracts exceeds from April to May. Coal production is performing above 1932 levels while electric power consumption is expanding. Wholesale commodities are reaching new height while retail prices lag.

The article discusses public utilities in the United States. It highlights the large increases in the demand for electric power consumption during the Christmas shopping season. These increases can press the ability of existing infrastructure to produce electricity and distribute it to consumers to its limits.

The article offers news briefs related to U.S. economy. Electric power consumption in U.S. rose by 16 percent this month due to increased industrial consumption. The prices of zinc rose by 15 cents per pound in the backdrop of its growing demand and the government's plans for stocking. Shoe prices are increasing due to increase in the prices of leather and hides

The article discusses U.S. business figures for the week of March 8, 1933 as resort to bank moratoria spreads and dampened production and trade activity. The effect of the local and statewide deposit restriction is felt more this week than the previous, with the slow down of steel activity and electric power consumption in the central industrial region, and decline in bank suspensions as moratoria saved many institutions from the usual fate. It mentions positive news including coal production holding well while residential building is making progress.

The article presents a general index of business activity in the U.S. for the week ending May 25, 1932. Gains in the steel and construction industries brought an upward trend in the week's business index especially with the expansion of Ford Motor Co. and public works respectively. A 14% decrease from a year ago was seen in commercial users' electric power consumption. Major declines in farm, food and leather products caused April 1932 commodity prices to decrease slightly in April 1932 from its March levels.