£2m. Hume Weir Power Station - SYDNEY, Jan. 26. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) - 27 Jan 1949 (original) (raw)
hours (half of which would bei
used by NSW and the other half
by Victoria) is to be construc
ted at a cost of £2.100.00 under a
scheme adopted by State Cabi
Half of the capital cost is to
be borne by the Southern Elec
tricity Supply system. A 50
-year agreement regarding costs
and charges will be made with
the Victorian State Electricity
Cabinet was told that power
output equal to that which
would be obtained from the
use of about 140,000 tons of coal
would be obtained by the use ot
Another Cabinet decision was
to agree to a Bill being pre
pared to ratify an amendment
to the River Murray Agreement
under which the storage capa
city of the Hume Weir is to be
increased from 1,250,000 acre