• The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was responsible for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales from 1958...
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  • to standardise generating frequency. In 1925 Lord Weir chaired a committee that proposed the creation of the Central Electricity Board to link the UK’s...
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  • Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for generation and transmission. Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry "Electricity...
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  • the Central Electricity Generating Board had been responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, with the twelve area electricity boards...
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    in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), the station had a capacity of 2,000 MW. It was the...
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    June 1958 vol 590 cc246-8. Retrieved 2 December 2014. the Central Electricity Generating Board has agreed to a small modification in the design of Hinkley...
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    18 In England and Wales the electricity generating and transmission functions of the Central Electricity Generating Board were divided on 31 March 1990...
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  • Thumbnail for Eggborough power station
    began generating power in 1967, making use of nearby coal reserves. It was built for, and initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. The...
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  • Dounreay. In 1957, Hinton became the first chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). He retired in 1964 but right up until the time of...
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    Kingdom's electricity supply. Opened in 1974 and extended in the 1980s, the station was initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. Since...
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    station started generating electricity in 1983, and was completed in 1985, initially being operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. With privatisation...
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    the Central Electricity Authority, which it replaced with the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) and the Electricity Council. The Electricity Act...
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    opened with a generating capacity of 2000 MW. It had been constructed and was then operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). After...
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  • Environmental History of the Central Electricity Generating Board. Oxford: Clarendon. ISBN 0198546734. "UK Electricity Networks" (PDF). Parliamentary...
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    various years Central Electricity Generating Board (1973). Willington Power Station (Pamphlet). Midlands Region Central Electricity Generating Board. Whittaker...
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  • programming language and application system, developed by the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board Cessna 172RG Cutlass, a light, civilian, single-engined aircraft...
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    Marnham Power Station was 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream. Under the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1981/82 Cottam power station was awarded the Christopher...
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    electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers in the Midlands of England...
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  • electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The...
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  • companies, municipal authority electricity departments and the Central Electricity Board to form the BEA, which comprised a central authority and 14 area boards...
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  • subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). At the same time the electricity distribution and sales...
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  • clxxxvii). The corporation electricity undertaking constructed a power station with a generating capacity of 240 kW. The generating equipment comprised steam...
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  • Wales were under the responsibility of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). The present electricity market in the United Kingdom was built upon...
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  • Electricity Authority in 1951, and was later operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. The power station was closed in 1977 and was subsequently...
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  • (1948–1955), nationalisation 1948 Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1958–1990) Nuclear Electric (1990–1996)...
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  • purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers...
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  • Thumbnail for North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973
    the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) to build the hydro electric station at Dinorwig in North Wales and associated purposes. The Central Electricity...
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  • subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). At the same time the electricity distribution and...
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    subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). At the same time the electricity distribution and sales...
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  • Thumbnail for Rye House power station
    power station was built by the British Electricity Authority (later the Central Electricity Generating Board) and was commissioned in 1951. The station...
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