§ Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish figures for the 10 years 1964–65 to 1973–74 showing, for past years, the actual, 333W and, for future years, the latest estimated, capacity of the Scottish Electricity Boards in megawatts sent out, and the maximum demand in Scotland in an average cold spell, including, separately, weather-corrected figures for past years.
§ Mr. RossFor past years the information in respect of the Scottish mainland system is as follows:—
Maximum Demand Actual Weather Corrected MW MW 1964–65 … … … 3,704 3,704 1965–66 … … … 4,005 4,086 1966–67 … … … 4,009 4,300 1967–68 … … … 4,420 4,557
Output Capacity of Generating Stations Actual at 31st March 1965 … … 3,919 1966 … … 4,173 1967 … … 4,622 1968 … … 5,573 The latest Scottish estimates of future demand and capacity published by the Scottish Boards are those in their recent booklet Plans for the Future, 1968–75, which refers to a peak load of 8,231 MW at 31st March, 1975, and a total output capacity of 9,680 at the same date. The Boards have not published figures for intervening years.