Electricity Council
The Electricity Council was a governmental body set up in 1957[1] to oversee the electricity supply industry in England and Wales. The Council's responsibilities included:
- advising the Secretary of State for Energy on matters relating to the electricity supply industry in England and Wales
- helping the Electricity Boards in England and Wales to improve efficiency
- advising on the financing of the industry in England and Wales
- organising certain research
- maintaining the industry-wide industrial relations machinery
The Council was formally wound up by the The Electricity Council (Dissolution) Order 2001, made under the Electricity Act 1989,[2] to be replaced by the Electricity Association.
See also
References
- Competition Commission Report
- Regulatory reforms and trade associations: the case of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom and Germany
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.