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APRIL 29, 1955.

Hon. JOHN J. DEMPSEY,

House of Representatives.

DEAR CONGRESSMAN DEMPSEY: At the request of Mr. Shuart of your staff, we are enclosing a copy of REA Bulletin 140-5, containing our suggestions for conducting surveys of the rural market for electrical appliances and equipment. Also enclosed are other materials pertaining to the number of appliances in use on farms. An indication of the number of farms using certain appliances appears in a table on page 22 of the enclosed summary of the Power Use Conference held last year in Chicago. More recent field appraisals indicate that the percentage of farms using freezer cabinets and television sets has increased, and we have adjusted these accordingly.

Sincerely yours,

ANCHER NELSEN, Administrator.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

MARCH 18, 1954.

COMMITTE NAMED TO PUSH POWER USE

A plan to bring four principal segments of the rural electric power business into a united effort to promote wider and more effective use of electricity on the farm was outlined March 11 and 12 at a conference in Chicago. The four groups are the electric equipment industry, commercial power companies, rural electric co-op associations, and the Rural Electrification Administration, which sponsored the conference.

Representatives of each are working on a committee assigned to get an intensive campaign underway. This steering committee, a working group of 6, was chosen from 4 larger committees formed at the conference. Its members are: William Saylor, Nash-Kelvinator; A. H. Hemker, General Electric; Oliver Kimbrough, manager, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Clovis, N. Mex.; J. K. Smith, manager, Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative, Louisville; R. W. McClure, vice president, Kansas Power & Light Co., Lawrence; and Joseph A. Busch, vice president, Northern States Power Co., Minneapolis. Nonvoting members are Fred Strong, Deputy Administrator, REA, who will serve as chairman of the committee, and Russall Gingles, NEMA, who will act as secretary.

At the conclusion of the conference, the steering committee set the last week of April for another meeting. The steering group will then make definite plans for load-building promotions on State and local levels, and for securing market data to help manufacturers in scheduling sales campaigns on electrical farming equipment.

The full committees formed at the March meeting are made up of the following members:

Electric equipment industry:

William Saylor, Nash-Kelvinator

James Cobb, Frigidaire

Joseph Rushton, Frigidaire

H. H. Watson, General Electric

A. H. Hemker, General Electric

R. G. French, Steber Manufacturing Co.

Rural electric systems:

Oliver Kimbrough, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Clovis, N. Mex.

Virgil Herriott, Sioux Valley Empire Electric Association, Coleman, S. Dak.
William Crisp, Tarheel Electric Membership Corp., Raleigh, N. C.

J. K. Smith, Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative, Louisville, Ky.

Harry Oswald, Arkansas State Electric Cooperative, Inc., Little Rock, Ark. Harvey Schermerhorn, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, Iola, Wis. Commercial power companies:

E. C. Easter, Vice President, Alabama Power Co., Birmingham

R. W. McClure, Vice President, Kansas Power & Light Co., Lawrence

J. A. Busch, Vice President, Northern States Power Company of Minneapolis

REA:

Wade Edmunds, Chief, Northern Region, REA
William Callaway, Chief, Southern Region, REA
Andrew McLay, Information Services Division, REA
Richard A. Dell, Head, Electric Farming Staff, REA

The March 11-12 meeting was called by Ancher Nelsen, REA Administrator. It was attended by more than 200 representatives of manufacturers, rural electric systems, and commercial power companies. Its purpose was to emphasize the strong mutual interest of all these groups in promoting the full and efficient use of electric power on American farms. REA is acting in an advisory capacity in the program.

Hon. JOHN J. SPARKMAN,

United States Senate.

OCTOBER 11, 1954.

DEAR SENATOR SPARKMAN: In response to a telephoned request from your office, we are sending you the enclosed tabulated information regarding the REA telephone program in Alabama.

If you need additional information, do not hesitate to call on us.

Sincerely yours,

FRED H. STRONG (For Ancher Nelsen, Administrator).

REA telephone borrowers in Alabama, total loans to each, and number of subscribers each will benefit, to October 1954

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DEAR CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON: The enclosed material about the 20th anniversary of REA, and progress of the rural electrification program in the Ninth Congressional District and the State of Wisconsin, is sent in response to a telephone request from your office.

Sincerely yours,

ANCHER NELSEN, Administrator.

SUMMARY OF THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM IN THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WISCONSIN

Ten REA-financed rural power systems have headquarters in the Ninth Congressional District of Wisconsin. All are operated by farmer-owned electric cooperatives.

The borrowers have an excellent record of providing good electric service and repaying the money they borrowed from the Government to build their systems. At this time they serve 33,605 consumers, most of them farmers, and operate 10,359 miles of line.

According to the 1950 Census, about 83 percent of the farms in the 11 counties of this district had central station electric service on April 1 of that year. The

same report indicates that 92.3 percent of the State's farms had electricity at that time. On June 30, 1954, REA estimated that 95.9 percent of the farms in Wisconsin had electric power. Loans amounting to $17,700,513 had been approved as of January 1, 1955, to the REA electric cooperatives serving the Ninth District. Of that amount, $15,097,291 had been advanced to the borrowers. This represents the amount of their investment.

As of January 1, 1955, the systems had paid $2,179,638 in interest and repaid $3,380,719 in principal on their Government loans. This includes $456,101 which was paid ahead of schedule as a cushion of credit against future payments. None of these REA-financed system is overdue on any loan repayment.

The most recent electric loan made in the Ninth District was approved in September 1954 to the Pierce-Pepin Electric Cooperative of Ellsworth, Wis., for $72,000.

The use of electricity from REA-financed lines in Wisconsin increased from an average monthly consumption of 168 kilowatt-hours per farm in 1948 to 354 kilowatt-hours per month in 1954. The average monthly consumption per farm for the 10 REA-financed systems in the Ninth Congressional District during 1953 was 338 kilowatt-hours. This was higher than the 314-kilowatt-hour monthly consumption averaged by farms on REA lines throughout the State during 1953. Also, it was considerably higher than the 254-kilowatt-hour monthly consumption of farms served by Ninth District electric cooperatives 2 years earlier, in 1951. Statistical report on REA electric borrowers in 9th Congressional District,

Wisconsin

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Statistical report on REA electric borrowers in 9th Congressional District,

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DEAR SENATOR COOPER: Here is the additional material you requested concern-
ing the rural electrification program. It consists of a table showing the total loan
authorizations by Congress and related statistics by years back to 1935, and a
statement as to the prospective future of the program in Kentucky. We are also
enclosing a copy of the Department press release issued Friday concerning the
East Kentucky release of funds.

We understand that a background summary on East Kentucky and some
statistical materials were sent to you last week. If we can provide further in-
formation at any time, please be sure to call on us.

Sincerely yours,

FRED H. STRONG

(For Ancher Nelsen, Administrator).

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Washington, August 27, 1954

$13 MILLION EXPANSION OF KENTUCKY POWER CO-OP APPROVED BY REA
The Rural Electrification Administration today approved the use of $13,299,400
from an earlier generation-transmission loan to the East Kentucky Rural Electric
Cooperative Corporation of Winchester, Ky., for the addition of a 66,000 kilowatt
steam generation unit and expansion of its transmission system, the United States
Department of Agriculture announced today. The funds had been under an REA
stop order pending development of a lower-cost power supply plan for the eastern
two-thirds of Kentucky.

The approval by REA Administrator Ancher Nelsen clears the way for the
East Kentucky power cooperative to carry out its planned expansion of the Wil-
liam C. Dale power station at Ford, Ky., which is being dedicated August 28, and
complete the transmission network needed to serve 15 of its 19 member distribu-
tion cooperatives. The 15 are located in an area covered by an interconnection
and integration agreement with the Kentucky Utilities Co. which REA approved
June 14 this year.

Originally the cooperative had planned a 44,000 kilowatt addition to its plant.
The savings resulting from the Kentucky Utilities Co. agreement, in a large
measure, make it possible for the cooperative to build a larger unit without
increasing its borrowings from REA. The larger unit will produce power at a
lower cost and thus mean a savings for farmer-members of the distribution co-
operatives.

The proposed 66,000 kilowatt steam generating unit will cost about $7,500,000 and will be the largest constructed with REA loan funds and the completed plant of the cooperative, at 110,000 kilowatts (name plate) capacity, will be the largest single generating station financed by REA. The cooperative is now completing

installation of two 22,000 kilowatt steam generating units.

REA has approved loans totaling $27,982,000 to the East Kentucky Cooperative for the development of its generation and transmission system. The system is designed to provide power for the 136,000 farmers and other rural consumers in 85 counties served by the 19 distribution cooperatives.

Before today's action, REA had released $13,212,000 of the $27,982,000 loan fund total to the East Kentucky Cooperative. With those funds, East Kentucky is building the initial 44,000 kilowatt steam plant and 740 miles of high voltage transmission line. In addition to the 66,000 kilowatt steam generating unit, the funds released today will enable the cooperative to add 422 miles of transmission line.

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DEAR CONGRESSMAN O'KONSKI: In response to a telephone request from your office, we are sending you information on the progress of the REA electric program in the 10th Congressional District of Wisconsin from 1942 to date, together with information on the telephone program in your district.

We hope this material supplies you with the information you need. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to call on us.

Sincerely yours,

J. K. O'SHAUGHNESSY

(For Ancher Nelsen, Administrator).

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