Electricity Act 1947

The Electricity Act 1947 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised 505 separate electricity generation and supply organizations in Great Britain, both privately owned and state owned, and consolidated them into 14 area electricity boards of the new Central Electricity Authority that the Act created^[1] (also known as the British Electricity Authority), which subsequently became the Central Electricity Generating Board. The duty of the area boards was to acquire bulk supplies of electricity from the Central Authority and to distribute electricity economically and efficiently.^[2] The Act also transferred the generating assets and liabilities of a number of companies in England and Wales into a single state-controlled body.^[3]

Area electricity boards
	North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (created 1943) South West Scotland Electricity Board South East Scotland Electricity Board North Western Electricity Board North Eastern Electricity Board Yorkshire Electricity Board Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board East Midlands Electricity Board South Wales Electricity Board Midlands Electricity Board Eastern Electricity Board South Western Electricity Board Southern Electricity Board London Electricity Board South Eastern Electricity Board

References

↑ Katzarov. _Theory of Nationalization_ (Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012). https://books.google.ae/books?id=M9HoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=Electricity+Act+1947&source=bl&ots=dKN5DoV9kE&sig=dMR4dYCJxfygLJ_eunt2NNu4Uy4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCWoVChMIqMvb7cCPxgIVylUUCh1zYABF#v=onepage&q=Electricity%20Act%201947&f=false
↑ Katzarov. _Theory of Nationalization_ (Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012). https://books.google.ae/books?id=M9HoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=Electricity+Act+1947&source=bl&ots=dKN5DoV9kE&sig=dMR4dYCJxfygLJ_eunt2NNu4Uy4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCWoVChMIqMvb7cCPxgIVylUUCh1zYABF#v=onepage&q=Electricity%20Act%201947&f=false
↑ RWE Corporate History. http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/286400/rwe-npower/about-us/our-history/history-of-electricity-industry/

External links

Text of the Electricity Act 1947 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
Original text of the Act as enacted in 1947, from the Office of Public Sector Information

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Electricity Act 1947

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