Area Electricity Boards

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Area Electricity Boards were regional public bodies in Great Britain responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity following the nationalization of the industry in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electricity distribution authority ⓘ
regional public body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
component East Midlands Electricity Board ⓘ
Eastern Electricity Board ⓘ
London Electricity Board ⓘ
Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board ⓘ
Midlands Electricity Board ⓘ
North Eastern Electricity Board ⓘ
North Western Electricity Board ⓘ
South Eastern Electricity Board ⓘ
South Western Electricity Board ⓘ
South of Scotland Electricity Board ⓘ
Southern Electricity Board ⓘ
Yorkshire Electricity Board ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf privatization of electricity industry in Great Britain ⓘ
endTime early 1990s ⓘ
establishedAsResultOf nationalization of electricity industry in Great Britain ⓘ
industry electric power industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
mainFunction electricity distribution ⓘ
electricity supply to consumers ⓘ
numberOfUnits 12 ⓘ
operatedAs public sector organization ⓘ
ownedBy British state ⓘ
ownedInfrastructure local electricity distribution networks ⓘ
parentOrganization British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
purpose to provide a coordinated and efficient electricity supply ⓘ
regulatedBy Electricity Council ⓘ
replaced municipal electricity undertakings ⓘ
private electricity undertakings ⓘ
replacedBy Regional Electricity Companies ⓘ
responsibleFor maintenance of local electricity distribution networks ⓘ
retail sale of electricity ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
serviceArea regional ⓘ
startTime 1948 ⓘ
supervisedBy Department of Energy (UK) ⓘ
Ministry of Power ⓘ
usedCurrency Pound sterling ⓘ

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Electricity Act 1947 → createdBody → Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → replacedBy → Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → supervised → Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → successorJurisdictionFunction → Area Electricity Boards – distribution and retail supply ⓘ
linked to: Area Electricity Boards
Area Electricity Boards → replacedBy → Regional Electricity Companies ⓘ
linked to: Area Electricity Boards
Southern Electricity Board → operatedBy → Area Electricity Board ⓘ
linked to: Area Electricity Boards