COTTAGERS' LIGHT
Sta,—It would encroach too much on your valuable space if I were to attempt to deal fully with the interesting comments on my anti le on " Cottagers' Light." The Scott Committee gives in paragraph 65 statistics of rural supply, and refers to the evidence of the British Electrical Development Association. If this were published in full it would meet the request of Mr. Theodore Stevens for complete information.
Much was done on the recommendation of the Rural Conference to deal with the cost of electric appliances. Since 1936 the Rural Conference, which before that date met twice yearly, has not been called together.
I agree with Mr. Towers that rural supply requires a different technique of management to urban supply and is more difficult. Many supply undertakings have tackled the problem successfully, but not all. His point about the charges of the Central Electricity Board for bulk supply is one of the problems with which the Commission which I. have sug- gested will have to deal. Shortly, the problem is that the scale of charges which in principle is uniform does result in some rural areas having to pay more for bulk supply than some urban areas with a more uniform load.
On the whole, the letters which have appeared in your paper and also those which have reached me from other correspondents unanimously support the suggestions which I ventured to put forward through your
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