British Electricity Authority

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The British Electricity Authority was the nationalized body responsible for generating and supplying electricity in Great Britain in the early post-World War II period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former public corporation ⓘ
nationalized electricity authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
controlledInfrastructure generating stations ⓘ
high-voltage transmission system ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of the electricity supply industry ⓘ
dissolved 1955 ⓘ
excludedJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
governanceStructure public board ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicalSignificance first unified national body for electricity generation in Great Britain ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
industry electric power industry ⓘ
legalBasis Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
locatedInTime 20th century ⓘ
mainFunction bulk transmission of electricity ⓘ
generation of electricity ⓘ
supply of electricity in bulk to Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
mandate to ensure efficient, coordinated and economical supply of electricity in Great Britain ⓘ
numberOfAreaBoards 14 ⓘ
operatedInSector public sector ⓘ
operationalStatus defunct ⓘ
oversightBy UK government minister responsible for fuel and power ⓘ
ownedBy UK government ⓘ
parentOrganization Ministry of Fuel and Power ⓘ
precededBy Central Electricity Board ⓘ
private electricity undertakings in Great Britain ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment nationalization of the electricity supply industry ⓘ
regulatoryFramework Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
replacedBy Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
Central Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
scope England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
sector energy ⓘ
shortName BEA ⓘ
successorJurisdictionFunction Area Electricity Boards – distribution and retail supply ⓘ
Central Electricity Authority – generation and transmission ⓘ
supervised Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
timePeriod post-World War II era ⓘ

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Electricity Act 1947 → createdBody → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → replacedBy → Central Electricity Authority ⓘ
linked to: British Electricity Authority
Area Electricity Boards → parentOrganization → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board → predecessor → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Rugeley power station A → regulator → Central Electricity Authority (historical) ⓘ
linked to: British Electricity Authority
BEA → standsFor → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Board → replacedBy → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
South Eastern Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
London Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Southern Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British Electricity Authority ⓘ
North Western Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British Electricity Authority ⓘ