APPENDIX II

STATISTICS EXTRACTED FROM S.W.E.B. ANNUAL REPORTS RELATING TO RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

Year

No. Farms

Connected

Rural

Premises

Connected

Av. Cost/

Consumer £

11 kV O/H

Constructed

(Miles)

Pole Mtd.

Trans.

Commis'd

No. of

Emplo-yees

SWEB

Profit

(Loss)

£

Remarks

Pre

Vesting

6330

 

-

         

1948/49

885

?

-

84

?

5817

(106,487)

 

1949/50

817

?

90

92

252

6755

784

550 of 950 parishes surveyed

1950/51

911

?

-

173

372

7068

(76,094)

877 parishes now surveyed

1951/52

1174

8000+

-

211

509

7317

(141,809)

Survey of 950 parishes completed. Capital restrictions introduced then re-instated

1952/53

1279

?

98

?

633

6912

(148,967)

 

1953/54

1110

9365

-

?

477

6678

98,256

BEA gave £250K to offset above deficits. An average of 21 farms connected every week since vesting day.

1954/55

1200

?

167

?

645

6998

437,044

 

1955/56

1448

6791

192

336

1035

7257

506,026

14,700 farms still not on supply.

1956/57

1577

6486

-

374

1206

7572

337,304

5 year plan completed one year early.5335 farms connected - target 5000.

1957/58

1571

6139

-

509

1498

7772

228,000

12,000 farms now connected

12,000 remain to be connected

71,000 rural premises now connected

1958/59

1373

5298

-

466

1320

8248

612,000

 

1959/60

1631

5794

210

5O8

1468

9091

879,009

60% of farms now connected

1960/61

1501

5134

-

506

1463

9238

448,326

 

1961/62

1733

5547

245

607

2064

9520

504,619

74% of farms & 86% of rural premises now connected

1962/63

1668

5467

274

604

2055

9743

1,213,781

 

1963/64

1539

4772

290

618

2074

10086

365,605

Would have been a loss but for £518,458 commercial profit.

83% of farms & 93% rural premises now connected.

1964/65

1424

4906

-

598

2328

10465

2,152,270

Target reached in October 1964

88% of farms have mains supply

94% of other rural premises supplied

1965/66

1049

3738

-

479

1860

10214

2,412,063

 

1966/67

627

2965

-

394

1651

9464

6,896

Would have been a loss but for commercial

profit of £537,000. 29,239 farms connected.

1967/68

463

2493

-

307

1545

8928

4,884,000

 

1968/69

451

2067

-

325

1452

86O7

4,540,000

95% of farms now connected

1969/70

389

?

-

278

1390

8588

2,760,000

( No specific mention of Rural

( Development in the

1970/71

398

?

-

254

1392

8396

(2,160,000)

( SWEB Annual Reports

( 32,144 farms connected at

( 31-3-1972.

1971/72

309

?

-

260

1138

8210

(1,940,000)

These statistics

do not totally

relate to R.D.