Electricity Commissioners
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The Electricity Commissioners were a department of the United Kingdom government's Ministry of Transport, which regulated the electricity supply industry from 1920 until nationalisation in 1948. It was responsible for securing reorganisation on a regional basis and considered schemes for centralisation in a small number of large generating stations owned by joint electricity authorities.
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Company type | Government Regulatory Body |
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Industry | Energy: Electricity supply |
Founded | February 1920 |
Defunct | 31 March 1948 |
Fate | Industry nationalisation |
Successor | British Electricity Authority |
Headquarters | Savoy Court, Strand, London WC2 , United Kingdom |
Area served | Great Britain |
Key people | See section in text |
Services | Regulation of electricity industry |
Number of employees | 40 (1920) |
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