Effects of Electric Rates on Power Expenses of Cotton Gins: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas

John D. Campbell

No 312601, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report Findings: Some cotton gins pay more than twice as much as others for the same amount of electric power. This was one of the findings in a study of power expenses at 32 gins in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in 1959-60. This report of the study shows the effects of rate schedules on the cost of electricity and explains how power companies measure electricity and the terms they use. It will be helpful to all ginners interested in keeping their power expenses as low as possible. Comparisons for this report were based on charges for 90,000 kilowatt hours used over a 5-month period in ginning 2,000 bales in a typical gin plant equipped with electric motors totaling 350 horsepower.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 1961-07
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/312601/files/mrr470.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uamsmr:312601

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312601

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().