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 Central Electricity Generating Board self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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, England
surface form: London
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 Department of Energy (UK)
surface form: UK Department of Energy

Ministry of Fuel and Power
surface form: 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
surface form: National Grid Company

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
surface form: National Grid Company plc

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 Generating Board
this entity surface form: Central Electricity Authority – generation and transmission
Area Electricity Boards parentOrganization Central Electricity Generating Board
Area Electricity Boards regulatedBy Central Electricity Generating Board
this entity surface form: Electricity Council
Electricity Act 1957 created Central Electricity Generating Board
Irish Sea offshore wind farms gridConnectionTo Central Electricity Generating Board
this entity surface form: Great Britain electricity transmission system
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station previousOwner Central Electricity Generating Board
Central Electricity Generating Board abbreviation Central Electricity Generating Board self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CEGB