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| Formerly | North Eastern Electric Supply Company |
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| Industry | Electricity |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Defunct | 1990 |
| Fate | Privatized |
| Headquarters | Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
North Eastern Electricity Board was an electricity distribution utility in England, serving the North East of England.
Formed as the North Eastern Electricity Board (NEEB) in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947, it was privatised in 1990 and renamed as Northern Electric.
The NEEB was responsible for the purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The key people on the Board were: Chairman G.M. Green (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman E. Bates (1964, 1967), Full time member J. F. Skipsey (1964). [1]
The total number of customers supplied by the Board was: [2] [3]
| Year | 1948/9 | 1960/1 | 1965/6 | 1970/1 | 1975/6 | 1978/9 | 1980/1 | 1985/6 | 1987/8 | 1988/9 |
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| No. of Customers, 1000s | 674 | 1058 | 1132 | 1205 | 1270 | 1305 | 1326 | 1361 | 1379 | 1390 |
The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by North Eastern Electricity Board over its operational life was:
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The Electricity (Allocation of Undertakings to Area Boards) Order 1948 (SI 1948/484) transferred the electricity business of the following local authorities and private companies to the new board effective 31 March 1948. [4]
The NEEB transport fleet was easily identified by its distinctive orange colour and company logo.