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The article presents views of Bodega Bay's people on the nuclear power plant of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (P. G. & E.). The P. G. & E. is going to build a nuclear-powered, steam-electric, generating plant close to Bodega Bay, California. Bodega Bay - two miles from the reactor site - pulls twice as much fish out of the ocean as does the publicized fishing fleet at San Francisdo's Fishermen's Wharf. The bay itself is good for clamming, too - at the moment. But the plant is being built on Bodega Head, the peninsula that forms the harbor, and it's going to be a boiling-water reactor. This will ruin whatever clamming hasn't already been destroyed by the road to the plant, which will run through clam-rich tidelands.

The article offers information on a stationary power plant built around the aircraft jet engine produced on the team-up between Cooper-Bessemer Corp. and the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corp. The power plant is compact and lightweight, but has a power comparable to conventional plants. The differences between a jet engine and an industrial gas turbine are also discussed.

The article focuses on the electric blackout in the U.S. in November 1965 caused by the aberrations in the Canadian-U.S. Eastern (CANUSE) interconnection power grid and several power sources such as the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant. It discusses the impacts of the blackout including stranded subway trains, mute fire alarms, and inoperable gas service-stations. It mentions that the Americans were surprised by several facilities, such as airports, which do not have auxiliary power systems.

The article examines the competition between private and public companies in leading the economic development of Italy. Premier Amintore Fanfani headed a coalition of left-center Christian Democrats and Social Democrats who favored state enterprise, but his resignation could lead to the addition of Liberals in the coalition and eventually lessen the government's part in business. Private and public firms are competing for the construction of atomic electric power stations in Italy, where private companies supply 70% of the entire country's electric power.

The article presents information about Ebasco Services Inc., an offshoot subsidiary of Electric Bond & Share Co., which offers different services ranging from irrigation surveys to supervision of dam construction. The company, led by president Frederick C. Gardner, has been working on overseas projects for more than 40 years. It recently constructed a steam electric station for Tata POwer Co. in India.

The article reports on the acute shortage of electricity in the New York City. As reported, in June 1970, the city faced severe shortage of power during the summer season. Although, it was earlier predicted by the New York Public Service Commission but it occured because the major power supplying company's big nuclear power plant at Indian Point remained inoperative all summer. These losses cut the utility's generating capacity by 17%. The city had to face inconvenience which disrupted its life.

Reports on several regulating bodies' approval of the construction of a hydroelectric project at the Conowingo Reservoir in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Worth of the securities issued to finance the project; Terms of the agreement between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland which own the jurisdiction for the project; Important considerations demonstrated by the negotiations for the interstate control of the project; Need for the creation of an administrative agency which can act in interstate cases where the states themselves have not been granted the necessary authority by their legislatures; Nature of the corporate interrelations in the Conowingo project.

The article discusses upgrading of small town service, usually of the dusk to dawn type. Associated Gas & Electric Company took over a small town plant and connected it with a nearby source of supply with practically unlimited capacity, as well as modernized the plant, resulting in the plant making money within a year, without increasing rates. By 1924, the Associated properties, with the exception of Manila and Pennsylvania properties sold 144,731,102 kilowatt hours from 88,778,067 in 1920.

The article discusses the book "Atlas of U.S.A. Electric Power Industry" by Frank G. Baum, presenting a plan for an electrical transmission system across the U.S. and providing power supply and price equality without starting local opposition. Baum suggests that regional power developments should be made to wholesale power to smaller distributing companies. The plan includes building new hydro-electric and turbo-steam plants, and integrating small electric plants into larger units.

The article focuses on the atomic power plant being developed by Westinghouse Electric Corp. The plant will be ready for operation by 1957 and will be located on the Ohio river. Duquesne Light Co. will run the plant when it will be operational. At a session sponsored held in Washington D.C. in June 1954, Charles H. Weaver, head of the atomic power division at Westinghouse, spoke on the working of the new plant and the design problems faced by his division.

The author describes Knoxville, Tennessee, where even Knoxvillians admit that downtown is ugly. Music can be heard everywhere in city. Knoxvillians turn to the mountains and lakes to keep their minds off from the ugliness of their downtown. The large lakes were created by the Tennessee Valley Authority to hold water for flood control, navigation and the production of electric power, but they are also used for recreation by the Knoxvillians.

The article discusses a plan by electric utilities to go before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July 1974 to protest proposed rules on thermal and chemical discharges from power plants. They claim that the regulations published by the agency in March would cost the power industry 48.1 billion U.S. dollars by 1983, increasing electricity expenditures by almost 250 U.S. dollars per household every year. They also assert that the EPA failed to assess possible benefits from the billions spent on cooling towers.

Claims that the absence of town planning by the New York State government has complicated the case brought before the U.S. Federal Power Commission involving the construction of a pump-storage hydroelectric plant by Consolidated Edison of New York on Storm King Mountain on the west side of the Hudson River. Opposition of conservationists against the project; Historical background on human settlement on Storm King; Details of the company's plan for the hydroelectric project; Allegations of the efforts of the company to convince government officials to agree with the project.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to allow private companies like Monsanto Chemical Co. to work on its programs. In early February 1951, AEC gave a contract to Monsanto to study the feasibility of a private company to construct and operate an electric facility using atomic energy. According to Monsanto executive vice president Charles Allen Thomas, the private sector can develop atomic power more economical than the government.

Focuses on the impact of the electrical code on municipally owned plants in Ohio. Ways to understand the production facilities and capacities of the power plants of the Ohio Power Co.; Danger the code holds for municipally owned plants; Accounts of the ordinance for a plant.

Focuses on the significance of conservation of natural resources. Efforts of U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration to deal with the energy requirements of the nation; Disadvantages of hydroelectric plants on rivers; Role of nuclear power plants to meet energy demands of the nation.

The article reports on the plan of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to hold a public hearing on objections to its proposed plant, a project of the Power Reactor Development Co. (PRDC), a group of private utilities led by Detroit Edison Co. The decision to hold a public hearing stemmed from a petition by three labor unions for a rehearing on the atomic electric power reactor project. The safety of the type of reactor design called for in the plant to be built by PRDC is the main issue to be discussed at the hearing.

The article focuses on the controversy involving the proposal of Arkansas Power & Light Co. (AP&L) to construct an electric power plant at the flood control dam at Bull Shoals in Arkansas, that has been contracted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The article discusses the 1946 outlook for the different U.S. economic sectors as of January 1, 1946. Aircraft production is expected to decrease to less than 10 percent of the peak wartime output, while electric power plant equipment production will have an all time high. Lack of manpower will continue to plague the cotton industry, unlike agriculture that faces an oversupply of manpower. Use of aluminum will increase due to the shortage in grey iron castings.

The article focuses on the contribution of electric-power companies to air pollution in the U.S. It states that the study of the Council of Economic Priorities urges for the creation of an alternative power sources to reduce the pollution comprising of sulfur dioxide and ash. It says that the result of the 550-page report entitled "The Price of Power" concerning the anti-pollution efforts of the 15 private electric companies shows that 81% had no controls on nitrogen oxides and 71% on soot.

The article discusses the growing public opposition in the U.S. to the generation of electricity by nuclear power plants instead of conventional power plants. Reportedly, in 1969 the orders for new atomic plants dropped down to seven from a peak of 31 in 1967. As stated, the problem of permanent storage for lethal radioactive wastes, emerged as one of the key issues. Consequently, Minnesota's Pollution Control Agency defying the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)'s suggestions imposed its own stringent radiation standards on a reactor being built by Northern States Power Co.

The article reports on the development of a nuclear power plant in Alaska. It is noted that the reactor will utilize heavy water to moderate neutrons and liquid sodium to channel heat from the reactor to the boiler. A high production of electricity is expected from the reactor.

The article reports on the large-scale nuclear power plant which provides power to England. The reactor is situated at Calder Hall in Cumberland. The reactor with a primitive design utilizes gas-cooled uranium and operates at low temperature. Its simple features attracts countries with limited nuclear technology.

The article reports on the problem of power-crisis going on in the eastern parts of the U.S. As stated, these parts are facing a severe power cut in the ongoing winter season due to shortage of fuel. The power plants have said that they are not getting adequate supplies of fuel to meet their production demands. Coal, oil and natural gas is deficient due to disruptions in supply from the Middle East. Moreover, the power demand is continuously rising at the rate of eight percent every year.

Focuses on concerns of the U.S. Congress for power issues like disposal of Muscle Shoals and the construction of Boulder Canyon Dam. Success of Senator George William Norris to obtain a favorable vote in the Senate for his bill advocating public operation of Muscle Shoals as a power plant; Authorization of construction of a dam on the Clinch River, a tributary of Tennessee, to be known as Cove Creek Dam, in the bill passed by the House.

Comments on the debates in New York state which have arisen between public and private development of hydro-electric power. Emergence of the problematic issues of regulation between public ownership of utilities; Reasons why Governor Smith of New York opposes both the law and specific leases in question; Policies of management that Smith's administration has questioned.

The article discusses efforts to build long distance transmission lines in the U.S. as of 1927 in order to speed up the country's electrification. The development of larger power plants due to increasing demand for electric power is explained. The adoption of the polyphase alternating-current system is said to have allowed the transmission of power over long distances. The move by manufacturers to produce electrical machinery and other devices to utilize electric power is tackled.

Criticizes the conservationists for its late action against the move by Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates (WEST), an association of electric power companies, to construct thermal electric generating facilities in Colorado river plateau. Background of the association; Water pollution generated by the facilities; Measures taken by WEST's members to solve the water pollution issues; Recommendation to enforce tough pollution abatement standards.

The article offers information on the 2.65 million U.S. dollar electric power and water desalting plant built by Westinghouse Electric International Co. Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp. in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

The article reports that the U.S. electric power industry is investing a record value almost three billion U.S. dollars for plants and equipment.