Electricity Council

Electricity Council

The Electricity Council was a governmental body set up in 1957 to oversee the United Kingdom's electricity supply industry. The Council's responsibilities included:
* advising the Minister of Power on matters relating to the electricity supply industry
* helping the Electricity Boards in England and Wales to improve efficiency
* controlling the financing of the industry
* organising research
* maintaining industrial relations processesThe Council was formally wound up by the "The Electricity Council (Dissolution) Order 2001", to be replaced by the Electricity Association.

See also

* Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry

References

* [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/183c02.pdf "Competition Commission Report"]
* [http://www.essex.ac.uk/ECpR/events/jointsessions/paperarchive/mannheim/w26/eising.pdf "Regulatory reforms and trade associations: the case of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom and Germany"]


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