278 power AND WHAT FOUR YEARS British Electricity IN will build 38 new power stations, and install new plant in 43 existing power stations. This programme will cost nearly £400,000,000; 40% more electric power in 4 years is the target. A single 60,000 kilowatt generator will supply electricity for a town This part of the generator is a steel cylinder built up of thousands of thin steel sheets and is wound with miles of copper conductor. The weight of a 60,000 kW stator is about 130 tons. IT MEANS of about 200,000 people.