British electricity supply industry

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The British electricity supply industry is the national system responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing electrical power across Great Britain, historically shaped by state ownership, postwar nationalisation, and later market liberalisation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electricity supply industry ⓘ
energy sector ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governingLaw Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1957 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1989 ⓘ
Energy Act 2004 ⓘ
Energy Act 2013 ⓘ
Utilities Act 2000 ⓘ
historicalDevelopment shaped by state ownership, postwar nationalisation, and later market liberalisation ⓘ
historicalOwner British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
historicalRegulator Area Electricity Boards ⓘ
Central Electricity Board ⓘ
Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
Electricity Commissioners ⓘ
Electricity Council ⓘ
includesActivity electricity distribution ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ
electricity retail supply ⓘ
electricity transmission ⓘ
includesMarket retail electricity market in Great Britain ⓘ
wholesale electricity market in Great Britain ⓘ
interconnectedWith European electricity systems via subsea interconnectors ⓘ
keyEvent Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1957 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1989 ⓘ
liberalisation of electricity markets in Great Britain in the 1990s ⓘ
privatisation of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales (1990–1991) ⓘ
mainTransmissionOwner National Grid plc ⓘ
linked to: National Grid

Scottish Power ⓘ
linked to: ScottishPower

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks ⓘ
majorGenerationSources coal‑fired power stations (historically) ⓘ
gas‑fired power stations ⓘ
hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
nuclear power stations ⓘ
offshore wind farms ⓘ
onshore wind farms ⓘ
solar photovoltaic generation ⓘ
marketStructureAfterPrivatisation unbundled generation, transmission, distribution and supply ⓘ
nationalisationDate 1948 ⓘ
policyObjective affordability of electricity for consumers ⓘ
decarbonisation of power generation ⓘ
security of electricity supply ⓘ
predecessor pre‑nationalisation private and municipal electricity undertakings in Great Britain ⓘ
privatisationPeriod 1990–1991 ⓘ
regionServed Great Britain ⓘ
regulator Office of Gas and Electricity Markets ⓘ
linked to: Ofgem

Ofgem ⓘ
transmissionSystemOperator National Grid Electricity System Operator ⓘ
linked to: National Grid

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Electricity Act 1957 → reorganised → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
Heysham 1 nuclear power station → serves → United Kingdom electricity grid ⓘ
linked to: British electricity supply industry
East Midlands Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
South of Scotland Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
South of Scotland Electricity Board → partOf → United Kingdom electricity supply industry ⓘ
linked to: British electricity supply industry
Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board → parentOrganization → British electricity supply industry (nationalised) ⓘ
linked to: British electricity supply industry
Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board → jurisdiction → Great Britain electricity supply system ⓘ
linked to: British electricity supply industry
Midlands Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
London Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
South Western Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
Eastern Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
North Western Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ
North Eastern Electricity Board → partOf → British electricity supply industry ⓘ