South Western Electricity Board

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The South Western Electricity Board was a regional public utility in the United Kingdom responsible for distributing and supplying electricity across the south-west of England before industry privatization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electricity board
public utility
state-owned enterprise
country United Kingdom
createdBy Electricity Act 1947 NERFINISHED
dissolutionYear 1990
dissolvedBy privatisation of the UK electricity industry
governance board of directors appointed by government
gridConnection National Grid NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Bristol NERFINISHED
inception 1948
industry electric power industry
legalForm nationalised industry
mandate maintenance of regional distribution network
secure and reliable electricity supply
monopolyStatus regional electricity supply monopoly
operatedIn England NERFINISHED
operatedInRegion South West England NERFINISHED
ownedBy British government NERFINISHED
ownershipType publicly owned
parentOrganization Central Electricity Authority NERFINISHED
Central Electricity Generating Board NERFINISHED
partOf British electricity supply industry NERFINISHED
providedServiceTo commercial customers
domestic customers
industrial customers
regulatedBy Electricity Council NERFINISHED
regulatoryFramework Electricity Act 1947 NERFINISHED
responsibility electricity distribution
electricity supply to consumers
sector electricity distribution
electricity supply
serviceArea Bristol NERFINISHED
Cornwall NERFINISHED
Devon NERFINISHED
Somerset NERFINISHED
parts of Dorset
shortName SWEB NERFINISHED
successor National Grid Company NERFINISHED
SWEB Energy NERFINISHED
timePeriod post-war nationalisation era
pre-privatisation era of UK electricity industry

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Area Electricity Boards component South Western Electricity Board