REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 254
• Publication Date: October 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Bulgaria
Economic - Fuel and power
Daily newspapers
Sofia
1 - 22 Aug 1950
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COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ORDERS RESTRICTIONS -- Sofia Zemedelsko Zname, 1 Aug 50
According to the decree of the Council of Ministers of 27 July 1950, the
power department of the Sofia Municipal People's Soviet announces thatifidus#1a1
enterprises throughout Sofia Okoliya connected to the Sofia power system will
be classified into seven groups, each of which will be withdrawn_from_opere,
tion on one day of the week. The restrictions will also extend to Samokov,
Botevgrad, Ikhtiman, Panagyurishte, and Pazardihik okoliyas.
Enterprises working on two shifts in types of production allowing for
slowdowns and interruptions must reduce their work between 2000 and 2200
hours.
.DROUGHTS CAUSE RE ACED POWER CONSUMPTION -- Sofia Izgrev, 22 Aug 50
The annually recurring droughts have again reduced the water supply of
Bulgarian rivers by 80 percent of the normal volume. In consequence, elec-
tric power production has also decreased by 80 percent. These conditions
necessitate a strict economy in power consumption for motive, illumination,
and domestic purposes. The recent classification of industries into seven
categories, each of which is scheduled to suspend operations on a certain day
of the week, and the establishment of night shifts, using surplus electricity
produced during the night hours, has brought very gratifying results. "Before
the introduction of the measures, 25,000 to 30,000 kilowatt-hours were wasted
every night in the Sofia power system, whereas after the application of the
new program, on the average only 15,000 kilowatt-hours remain unused. There-
fore, night work will be further increased, because power supply during the
day is very short in relation to requirements.
A, new decree, effective 20 August 1950, specifies that factories and en-?
terprises, which have heretofore worked on two shifts, will not be put on a
5-day week, and weekly shutdowns will be retained. Refrigeration plants will
stop using electric power for 3 hours during each 24-hour work period, whereas
mills, coryperatives, craft shops, and other small enterprises must work on
one nightift.,
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To assure strict compliance with the above orders, the State Control Com-
mioaion has already fined 13 industrial supervisors for not strictly upholding
the regulations. The decree authorizes the use of electric power in house-
holds only during certain hours of the day; however, it has been established
in many cases that the schedules have not been observed, and 146 persons have
been fined and 33 cut off from the use of electric current.
Subordinate Fatherland Front organizations and committees for public con-
trol are urged to see that the saving campaign of electric power is correctly
fulfilled, that electric bulbs over 100 watts are not used simultaneously in
one apartment, that elect -ic appliances are not used outside of the scheduled
hours, and that the plan is not sabotaged by illegal use of electric power in
industrial enterprises.
GET ELECTRIC POWER FROM RUMANIA -- Sofia Izgrev, 17 Aug 50
An electric cable was laid across the Danube in 1949 to provide for th,:
exchange of electric power between Rumania and Bulgaria. The economic advan-
tages of the new installation are considerable and have greatly improved the
working and livina conditions of the northeastern part of Bulgaria.
The main areas benefiting from the new power-supply source are Ruse, Raz-
grad, TUtrakan, Silistra, Corns Oryakhovitsa, Belen, and Kolarovgrad okoliyas,
as well as parts of Pavlikeni, Omurtag, and Svishtov okoliyas. These areas had
previously been the most affected by the absence of water, coal, and other
sourceo of electric power, and are now connected to the system supplied by Ru-
manian power. The plan of providing electric current from the Danube cable
was exceeded in the first year, and a new agreement between the two countries
has been concluded recently to increase the capacity of the cable by 1,000
kilowatts in the second year of its exploitation.
PROVIDES SOFIA WITH COAL, FIREWOOD Jfia Izgrev, 22 Aug 50
The Sofia branch of the Toplivo Fuel Enterprise is supplying about 150,000
households and a great number of state and autonomous institutions, schools,
enterprises, etc., with coal and firewood. So far, Toplivo has supplied 70
percent of the households in suburban areas, and 40 percent in the center of
the city. The balance will be supplied before 1 November 1950, provided that
coal is received according to the plan. Ili July, the supply was k,000 tons
short of the plan, and in August it was lagging by an average of 23 percent
daily. These delays require a considerable increase in coal shipments for the
remaining days of the month.
Public institutions have been rather careless in assuring their fuel sup-
ply for the winter. At present, the Toplivo warehouses are crowded with lis-
nite and pine wood; therefore, new supplies cannot be brought in and the trans-
portation plan is disrupted. Unless the various cloartments, such as the Min-
istry of Industry, the Labor jervice Administration, and others, provide them-
selves with the necessary fuel in the near future, the incoming coal, firewood,
and kindling wood will have to be stored in the open and exposed to the weather.
The price of firewood is 8,200 leva 5er toma7, lignite is at 2,200 leva,
and kindling wood from 7 to 10 leva, including deliveries. However, unless the
requested supplies are taken Over by 15 September, Toplivo cannot guarantee the
deliveries.
REDUCE NUMBER OF STREETCARS IN SOFIA -- Sofia Izgrev, 18 Aug 50
The number of streetcars in Sofia is being reduced because of the low elec-
tric power supply resulting from the severe drought.
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