15. Municipal Electricity Company
This document is a printed notice from December 1946 issued by the municipal electricity company and the municipal gas and water services. It is addressed to all users of gas and electricity and explains that although the recent strike in the American coal mines has ended, the consequences for the Netherlands remain severe. The National Coal Bureau has announced that the existing twenty‑percent reduction on all coal allocations will remain in force, prompting citizens to limit their consumption of coal, gas, and electricity as much as possible. The text emphasizes that if savings prove insufficient, stricter measures will follow, such as the introduction of gas‑use rationing and periods without electricity. The notice concludes with an urgent appeal to cooperate in achieving the necessary reductions and not to exceed the lowered rations, signed by the directors of the municipal services involved.
