100 years ago, people were upset about the cost of electricity in Wellington

The saying “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Yes, 100 years ago, people were upset about the city’s production of electricity. In the summer of 1919, city commissioners were facing an increasing deficit in its electric department and were finding they were selling it for less than it cost to make.

“For the last two or three years, they have been sailing along serenely, doing business in the sale of electric juice to private customers in Wellington and to surrounding towns, who have been buying the sparkling fluid through a corporation known as Western Sumner Electric Light and Power Company.”

The city was facing more demand and realizing to keep up it would need a new generator or would have to reduce consumption.

(Read more: Sumner NewsCow)