Electricity (Supply) Act 1926

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The Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 was a key UK law that reorganized and modernized the country's electricity industry by creating a national grid system and central coordinating body for power supply.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
affectedEntity local electricity undertakings ⓘ
municipal electricity authorities ⓘ
private electricity companies ⓘ
aimedToIncrease economies of scale in electricity generation ⓘ
reliability of electricity supply ⓘ
aimedToReduce duplication of generating capacity ⓘ
coordinatedBy Central Electricity Board ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created Central Electricity Board ⓘ
establishedBody Central Electricity Board ⓘ
geographicScope Great Britain ⓘ
historicalSignificance key step in creation of the National Grid in Great Britain ⓘ
major reform of the British electricity supply system ⓘ
implementedBy Central Electricity Board ⓘ
introducedConcept national grid system for electricity ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalStatus spent ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
policyArea energy policy ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
providedFor construction of a national electricity grid ⓘ
designation of selected generating stations ⓘ
standardization of electricity frequency ⓘ
purpose to improve efficiency of electricity generation and transmission ⓘ
to promote coordinated development of electricity supply ⓘ
to reorganize the electricity supply industry in Great Britain ⓘ
relatedTo Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
reorganized electricity supply undertakings ⓘ
resultedIn development of an integrated transmission network ⓘ
greater interconnection between power stations ⓘ
sectorAffected electric power industry ⓘ
electricity distribution ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ
electricity transmission ⓘ
shortTitle Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
subjectMatter electricity industry regulation ⓘ
electricity supply ⓘ
public utilities ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
typeOfReform structural reform of utility sector ⓘ
yearOfAct 1926 ⓘ

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Electricity Act 1947 → precededBy → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 → shortTitle → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Central Electricity Board → foundedBy → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Central Electricity Board → parentLegalAct → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Central Electricity Board → subjectOf → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 reforms ⓘ
linked to: Electricity (Supply) Act 1926
Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 → influenced → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
British electricity supply industry → keyEvent → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
British electricity supply industry → governingLaw → Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ