The Archive · 1938

Electricity Output in United States

New York, Feb. 24.

Production of electricity by the electric light and power industry of the United States for the week ended February 19th totalled 2,059,000,000 kilowatt hours, according to the weekly statement of the Edison Electric Institute, published to-day.

This indicated a loss of 6.9 per cent. from the corresponding week of last year, when the output totalled 2,212,000,000 kilowatt hours.

Electricity output during the previous week totalled 2,052,000,009 kilowatt hours, showing a loss of 6.7 per cent. from the corresponding week of last year.—Reuter.

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