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24-766: The council was established on 1 January 1958 to assume the coordinating and policy-making functions of the Central Electricity Authority (1955–7), which had in turn replaced the British Electricity Authority (1948–55). The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was also established in January 1958, as the body for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales. The council's responsibilities included: In 1954, six years after nationalisation ,

48-1299: The Central Electricity Generating Board . The remaining members were the twelve chairmen of area electricity boards. The chairmen of the Electricity Council were: The full membership of the Electricity Council, as first constituted, was as follows. Chief Officers of the Council Later members of the council included: P. Briggs, Sir Henry Douglas, Josiah Eccles, Lord Geddes of Epsom , P.A. Lingard, N.F. Marsh, R.D.V Roberts, and Sir Alan Wilson. The organisational structure (see above) comprised departments headed by an advisor. By 1967 these were: Secretarial/Legal (J.A. Wedgwood), Financial (C.A. French), Industrial Relations (no-one in post) and Commercial (L.F. Robson). In 1978 new departments were created for Public Relations, Marketing and Engineering. The headquarters were in London, initially in Trafalgar Buildings in Charing Cross Road, then in

72-671: The Electricity Act 1957 which established the Electricity Council to oversee the industry and the CEGB with responsibility for generation and transmission. The Electricity Council was established by Section 3 of the Electricity Act 1957 . It comprised a chairman, two deputy chairmen, and up to three other independent people appointed by the Minister of Power. It also included the chairman and two full-time members of

96-626: The National Grid Company . National Power was the largest of these new companies having around 52 percent of the generating market. It later diversified into the supply market in November 1998 by purchasing the supply business of the regional electricity company Midlands Electricity and created the Npower supply brand. On 2 October 2000 following investor pressure the company demerged into two separate companies Innogy , which

120-615: The 1960s at Millbank Tower . For liaison with the Area Electricity Boards outstation offices were established such as in Bristol. The EC training establishment was at Horsley Towers , Surrey. There were 535 staff in 1959, 1083 in 1967, and 1257 in 1989. In 1969 the government proposed to reconstitute the Electricity Council and rename it the Electricity Authority with "new powers to plan and control

144-561: The 1960s. Pressure was put on the CEA by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to adopt dual (coal and oil) firing in a large number of power stations being planned or then being constructed. The CEA believed that the cost of extra equipment and the high price of oil would make the scheme uneconomic. The CEA limited dual-firing to a small number of stations in the south of the country remote from coal fields. In addition to coal and oil, nuclear power

168-545: The AEA considered that there were insufficient resources to meet 3,400 MW of future nuclear plant, but by the following year considered that 5,975 MW was possible. The CEA were concerned about the implications for their coal-fired programme and thought there would be an excessive surplus of coal-fired plant if the 6,000 MW nuclear power programme went ahead. It believed that 3,400 MW was a more realistic target. Nevertheless, in March 1957

192-669: The Area Boards, in 1968 this became the Council's marketing department. The Electricity Council’s Electro-Agriculture Centre was established in 1967 at the Royal Showground at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Over the following decade the council published a series of guides on aspects of the role of electricity in farming and agriculture. The Electricity Council's Appliance Testing Laboratories were expanded in May 1969 to improve

216-620: The Cabinet approved a 6,000 MW programme of 19 nuclear power stations. The BEA had expanded the Central Electricity Research Laboratories at Leatherhead where the BEA/CEA had undertaken their own practical research on the ‘ supergrid ’, and on turbines and boilers. In the mid-1950s the CEA also commissioned research at universities on non-practical applications. These research contracts were placed on

240-541: The Electricity Association, National Power and Electra Brands. on 31 March 1990 under section 66 of the Electricity Act 1989 . The council was formally wound up on 9 November 2001 by The Electricity Council (Dissolution) Order 2001 , made under the Electricity Act 1989 . This organization-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Electricity Authority (UK) The Central Electricity Authority ( CEA )

264-622: The Minister of Fuel and Power, Geoffrey Lloyd , appointed a departmental committee, chaired by Sir Edwin Herbert, to examine the efficiency and organisation of the industry and to make recommendations. The Herbert committee reported in January 1956 and found that the Central Electricity Authority’s dual roles of electricity generation and supervision had led to central concentration of responsibility and to duplication between headquarters and divisional staff which led to delays in

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288-546: The advice of the authority's Research Council. The financial income and expenditure of the CEA over its two full financial operating years (in £ million) was as follows: The devolution of power exemplified in the Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954 did not satisfy some quarters of the Conservative government who were critical of the over-centralisation in the industry. In July 1954

312-642: The chairman of the CEA was Lord Citrine ; the two deputy chairmen were Sir Henry Self and Josiah Eccles. Later appointments to the Central Electricity Authority by rotation between area boards were: The following were appointed to the board in 1956: The following were appointed to the board in 1957: The electricity generated, supplied and sold by the CEA, in GWh, was as follows: Note: import and export include bulk supplies from South of Scotland. The numbers and types of CEA customers

336-517: The commissioning of new stations. The committee's recommendations were accepted by the government which enacted the Electricity Act 1957 . This dissolved the Central Electricity Authority (and the Electricity Commissioners ) and established the Electricity Council to oversee the industry and the Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for generation and transmission. National Power National Power

360-557: The electricity supply industry for 1979 to 1986. The Plan had not previously been publicly available. Upon privatisation of the UK electricity industry in 1989–90 many of the functions of the Electricity Council were no longer needed. A residuary body the Electricity Association continued for a few years. The property, rights and liabilities of the Electricity Council were transferred to three nominated successor companies:

384-574: The emphasis on performance testing. The Electricity Council opened the Air Conditioning Advisory Bureau in Northumberland Avenue, London in 1970 to promote air conditioning. The Electricity Council established British Electricity International Ltd. in 1976 to develop overseas consultancy. In 1979 the council published its annual Medium Term Development Plan , setting out the council’s objectives for

408-526: The government appointed the Herbert Committee to examine the efficiency and organisation of the electricity industry. The committee found that the British Electricity Authority ' s dual roles of electricity generation and supervision had led to central concentration of responsibility and to duplication between headquarters and divisional staff which led to delays in the commissioning of new stations. The committee’s recommendations were enacted by

432-489: The nuclear power station contracts. The CEA was reluctant to give turnkey contracts to these consortia as it wished to retain control of design and ordering. Eventually the CEA vetted the designs but relied on the Atomic Energy Authority advice on the nuclear aspects. The CEA were under pressure from government to accept a greater degree of future nuclear development than it thought was feasible. In 1956

456-720: The personnel in post remained the same as the BEA with the exception of the removal of representation by the chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board . There was a reduction from 14 to 12 of the number of area electricity boards – the South East Scotland Electricity Board and South West Scotland Electricity Board were removed from the CEA's management. The functions of the remaining area boards were unchanged. Upon its establishment in April 1955

480-741: The policy of the industry as a whole". The proposals were embodied in the Electricity Bill 1970, however Parliament was dissolved in May 1970 and the bill lapsed. In 1965 the Electricity Council Research Centre was established at Capenhurst , Cheshire. It undertook research on distribution technology and utilisation of electricity. The council took over responsibility from the Electrical Development Association in 1966 for all national promotional work carried out on behalf of

504-519: Was a body that managed and operated the electricity supply industry in England and Wales between 1 April 1955 and 31 December 1957. The CEA replaced the earlier British Electricity Authority (BEA) as a result of the Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954 , which moved responsibility for Scottish electricity supply to the Scottish Office . The structure of the management board and

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528-573: Was an energy company based in the United Kingdom. National Power was formed following the privatisation of the UK electricity market in 1990. In England and Wales the Central Electricity Generating Board , which was responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, was split into four companies. Its generation (or upstream) activities were transferred to three generating companies, National Power, Nuclear Electric and PowerGen , and its transmission (or downstream) activities to

552-488: Was as follows: There was a total of 180,923 employees in the electricity supply industry 1956, this comprised: In addition to the routine operations of generating and transmitting electricity the Central Electricity Authority dealt with a number of strategic issues. In the mid-1950s the National Coal Board estimated that it would be unable to supply the electricity industry’s projected demand for coal in

576-651: Was under development in the 1950s. The newly constituted CEA had urgently needed to find suitable sites for the first nuclear stations. They had to be in the south of England near the major load centres, but away from major population areas. They needed to have good load-bearing properties for the heavy reactors and have an abundant source of water. Two sites were identified in Bradwell , Essex and Berkeley , Gloucestershire. The Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) had encouraged major manufacturers of equipment – principally boilers and turbo-alternators – to form consortia to supply

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