Title
Papers Relating to the Central Electricity Generating Board
Reference
YA1999.84
Production date
1966 - 1999
Creator
- Central Electricity Generating BoardBiographyBiography
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was formed under the 1957 Electricity Act, which brought about a reorganisation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The aim of the act was to decentralise the industry, and the CEGB was one of two statutory bodies created by the Act.
Representatives from the CEGB worked with officers of the Electricity Council, the other statutory body established under the Act, to formulate general policy for the electricity supply industry.
The CEGB owned, operated and extended the network of power stations and main transmission lines that supplied electricity to the twelve Area Boards of England and Wales. It did not sell direct to customers except where specifically authorised by the Secretary of State for Energy. It did not operate in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
The 1989 Electricity Act enabled the sale of the industry to private shareholders. When the Act came into force on 31 March 1990, the CEGB was separated into the National Grid Company and two electricity generation companies, PowerGen and National Power. The CEGB was formally dissolved in 2001.
Scope and Content
Collection of committee papers, policy reports, House of Commons reports and guidance papers published by order of Parliament. The bulk of the collection relates to the future development of generating stations and forward planning of power requirements. There are also several documents about the setting of tariffs for electricity and gas.
The collection has several files containing final detailed reports entitled as follows: Bulk Supply Tariff for 1976-77 and 1989/90; Economic Merit of Plant Options 1965-1981, Report on the Comparative Structure and Performance of the CEGB in the International Context.
Extent
0.2 linear metres
Physical description
Good
Language
English
Archival history
Mr Morris collected this material during his research for a paper entitled The Cost of Bulk Supplies of Electricity in England and Wales Before and After Privatisation. Public Enterprise, No 45. Autumn 1998.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Central Electricity Generating BoardBiographyBiography
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was formed under the 1957 Electricity Act, which brought about a reorganisation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The aim of the act was to decentralise the industry, and the CEGB was one of two statutory bodies created by the Act.
Representatives from the CEGB worked with officers of the Electricity Council, the other statutory body established under the Act, to formulate general policy for the electricity supply industry.
The CEGB owned, operated and extended the network of power stations and main transmission lines that supplied electricity to the twelve Area Boards of England and Wales. It did not sell direct to customers except where specifically authorised by the Secretary of State for Energy. It did not operate in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
The 1989 Electricity Act enabled the sale of the industry to private shareholders. When the Act came into force on 31 March 1990, the CEGB was separated into the National Grid Company and two electricity generation companies, PowerGen and National Power. The CEGB was formally dissolved in 2001.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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