Central Electricity Generating Board

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The Central Electricity Generating Board was the state-owned body responsible for electricity generation and bulk transmission in England and Wales from the late 1950s until privatization in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electricity authority ⓘ
state-owned electricity utility ⓘ
abbreviation CEGB ⓘ
collaboratedWith Area Electricity Boards in England and Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedBy Electricity Act 1989 ⓘ
endDate 1990 ⓘ
formedBy Electricity Act 1957 ⓘ
gridVoltage 275 kV transmission system ⓘ
400 kV transmission system ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
industryRole monopoly generator for public supply in England and Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales electricity supply industry ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalForm statutory corporation ⓘ
mandate to provide secure and economic electricity supply ⓘ
notableActivity construction of large coal-fired power stations ⓘ
development of the 400 kV supergrid in England and Wales ⓘ
operation of Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor nuclear stations ⓘ
operation of Magnox nuclear power stations ⓘ
operatedIn England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
oversightBody Electricity Council ⓘ
ownedAndOperated high-voltage transmission network in England and Wales ⓘ
large fossil-fuel power stations ⓘ
nuclear power stations in England and Wales ⓘ
ownedBy UK government ⓘ
ownedInfrastructure pumped-storage hydroelectric stations in Wales ⓘ
parentOrganization UK Department of Energy ⓘ
UK Ministry of Power ⓘ
policyObjective long-term planning of generation capacity ⓘ
standardization of electricity frequency and voltage ⓘ
predecessor British Electricity Authority ⓘ
Central Electricity Authority ⓘ
reasonForEnd privatization of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales ⓘ
regulatedBy Electricity Council ⓘ
replacedBy National Grid Company ⓘ
linked to: National Grid

National Power ⓘ
Nuclear Electric ⓘ
PowerGen ⓘ
responsibleFor bulk electricity transmission in England and Wales ⓘ
electricity generation in England and Wales ⓘ
sector electric power industry ⓘ
startDate 1958 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor National Grid Company plc ⓘ
linked to: National Grid

privatized electricity generation companies in England and Wales ⓘ
timePeriod late 1950s to early 1990s ⓘ

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Agecroft power station → ownedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Agecroft power station → operatedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Bankside Power Station → ownerDuringOperation → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Bankside Power Station → operatorDuringOperation → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → replacedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
British Electricity Authority → successorJurisdictionFunction → Central Electricity Authority – generation and transmission ⓘ
linked to: Central Electricity Generating Board
Area Electricity Boards → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Area Electricity Boards → regulatedBy → Electricity Council ⓘ
linked to: Central Electricity Generating Board
Electricity Act 1957 → created → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Irish Sea offshore wind farms → gridConnectionTo → Great Britain electricity transmission system ⓘ
linked to: Central Electricity Generating Board
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station → previousOwner → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board → abbreviation → CEGB ⓘ
linked to: Central Electricity Generating Board
Rugeley power station A → ownedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Rugeley power station A → operatedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Rugeley power station A → designedBy → CEGB engineers ⓘ
linked to: Central Electricity Generating Board
Midlands Electricity Board → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
British electricity supply industry → historicalRegulator → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
London Electricity Board → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Southern Electricity Board → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
South Western Electricity Board → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
North Western Electricity Board → parentOrganization → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Electricity Act 1989 → restructuredIndustry → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Chilbolton Observatory → previouslyOperatedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station → previouslyOwnedBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Nuclear Electric → precededBy → Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ