Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry

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This timeline outlines the key developments in the United Kingdom electricity industry from the start of electricity supplies in the 1870s to the present day. It identifies significant developments in technology for the generation, transmission and use of electricity; outlines developments in the structure of the industry including key organisations and facilities; and records the legislation and regulations that have governed the UK electricity industry.  

Contents

The first part is a chronological table of significant events; the second part is a list of local acts of Parliament (1879–1948) illustrating the growth of electricity supplies.

Significant events

The following is a list of significant events in the history of the electricity sector in the United Kingdom.

YearEvent
1860s–70sPublic demonstrations of electric lighting in Britain stimulate interest in the new technology, such as the temporary illumination of Clifton Suspension Bridge in December 1864 to mark its opening. [1]
1879The Liverpool (Corporation) Electric Lighting Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. ccxiii) was the first electric lighting act to be enacted in the UK, it gave the Liverpool Corporation powers to light streets by electricity.
1882The Electric Lighting Act 1882 (repealed 1989) allowed the setting up of supply systems by persons, companies or local authorities. Local authorities had the right to take over the assets of companies in their area after 21 years which discouraged enterprise. [2]
The Edison Electric Light Station opened as the world's first coal power station at 57 Holborn Viaduct London producing 110 volt DC and was used for street lighting. It ran at a loss and closed in 1886. [3]
1888The Electric Lighting Act 1888 (repealed 1989) amended the 1882 Act making the setting up of a supply company easier and extended the reversion to local authority period to 42 years, with optional 10-year extensions. [2]
1890The Belfast Electric Lighting Order 1890, confirmed by the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act 1890 gave the County Borough of Belfast the authority to generate and sell electricity throughout the city.
The Electric Lighting (Scotland) Act 1890
1891London Electric Supply Corporation (LESCo) opened Deptford Power Station, UK's first (single-phase) AC power system, designed by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti.
1893 Bristol Corporation Electricity Committee, opens its first generating station, located at Temple Back, on 28 August. [4]
1894Electricity first supplied to Londonderry under the provisions of the Londonderry Electric Lighting Order 1891 confirmed by the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1891. Further powers were given by the Londonderry Corporation Act 1918.
1899The Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 (repealed 1989) introduced common principles for provisional orders; prohibited the amalgamation of undertakings and the supply of electricity outside a prescribed area. [2]
1901 Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company (NESCo) opened Neptune Bank Power Station, the first in the UK to supply three-phase electric power.
1902The Electric Lighting (Scotland) Act 1902
1904The London Electric Lighting Areas Act 1904 amended the service areas of utilities
1905Start-up of Lots Road Power Station to supply London's underground electric railways. [5]
1906Start-up of Greenwich power station (four 3,500 kW units) by the London County Council to power London's tramway system. [5]
1908The London Electric Supply Act 1908 transferred the purchasing powers of local authorities to the London County Council.
1909The Electric Lighting Act 1909 (repealed 1989). Regulated planning consent for building power stations.
1910The London Electric Supply Act 1910 constituted the London County Council purchasing authority for utilities for which the 1908 Act did not apply.
1919 Williamson Report and Birchenough Report leads to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 [6] (repealed 1989). Established Electricity Commission [7] and appointed Electricity Commissioners to provide central coordination, regional organisation and to centralise generation in large power stations owned by joint electricity authorities. [2]
Ministerial oversight of the electricity industry transferred from the Board of Trade to the newly established Ministry of Transport.
1922The Electricity (Supply) Act 1922 (repealed 1989) granted financial powers to joint electricity authorities, four were established in the following years. [2]
1924The UK's first hyperbolic reinforced concrete cooling tower constructed by L. G. Mouchel & Partners at Lister Drive power station in Liverpool.
1925The London Electricity (No. 1) Act 1925 allowed the amalgamation of four electricity undertakings in south and east London. [5]
The London Electricity (No. 2) Act 1925 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. lxiii) allowed the amalgamation of ten electricity undertakings mainly in south and west London, and the formation of the London Power Company [5] to centralise the generation of electricity in a small number of large power stations, e.g. Willesden, Bow, Deptford and Battersea.
The Statutory Gas Companies (Electricity Supply Powers) Act 1925 facilitated the supply of electricity by permitting gas companies to supply electricity.
1926 Weir Report leads to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 (repealed 1989), which created the Central Electricity Board and the National Grid operating at 132 kV (50 Hz).
1927The London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority Act 1927 conferred additional powers on the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority.
1928The Electricity (Supply) Act 1928 made minor amendments to the 1919 Act
1931The Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1931. Created a state-appointed Electricity Board for Northern Ireland.
1932Construction of the 132 kV crossing over the River Thames between Dagenham and Woolwich. The 487 ft (148 m) towers were then the tallest in the UK, the span was 3060 ft (933 m). [8]
The Railway Standardisation of Electrification Order allowed only 1,500 V DC system for overhead current collection and 750 V DC for conductor rail. [8]
1933The 132 kV National Grid started operating as an interconnected set of regional grids.
Commissioning of Battersea A power station by the London Power Company. [5]
The Electricity (Supply) Act 1933 made minor amendments to the 1919 and 1922 Acts
1935The Electricity (Supply) Act 1935 regularised grid tariffs for marginal power stations, allowed the CEB to supply electricity to railways directly. [5]
1936The Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936 (repealed 1989) permitted the appointment of inspectors to ‘officially certify as appropriate for the measurement of supplies of electricity’ the electricity meters installed in consumers' premises. [9]
1938The 132 kV National Grid became integrated.
1939The Fuel and Lighting Order 1939 required consumers to reduce their use of electricity and gas to 75 per cent of peacetime levels [10]
1940The Special Enactments (Extension of Time) Act 1940 suspended the right of local authorities to acquire company electricity undertakings which may have harmed development and led to fragmentation [11]
1941Ministerial oversight of the electricity industry transferred from the newly established Ministry of War Transport back to the Board of Trade.
1942Establishment of the Ministry of Fuel and Power to provide strategic oversight of the coal, gas, electricity and oil industries. [5]
1943The Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Act 1943 (repealed 1989) the act nationalised the development of Highland water resources and established the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to design, construct and manage hydro-electricity projects in the Highlands of Scotland.
1947The Electricity Act 1947 (repealed 1989) merged 625 electricity companies to be vested in twelve area electricity boards whilst the generation and 132 kV National Grid were vested with the British Electricity Authority.
The Control of Turbo-alternators (No.1) Order 1947 standardised steam-driven sets to two sizes: 30 MW and 60 MW. The order was revoked in 1950. [12]
1948The Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 established the Northern Ireland Joint Electricity Committee and transferred the electricity 'property, rights and assets' from the Ministry of Commerce to the Electricity Board for Northern Ireland.
1949The UK's first large scale use of the 'unit boiler' with reheat at Dunston B power station, with a boiler dedicated to a turbo-alternator set. [5]
1952The ±100 kV DC submarine cable link between UK and France was commissioned, designed to transfer 160 MW in either direction between Dungeness and Boulogne (30 miles). It was decommissioned in 1982. [5]
The North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1952 extended the catchment area of the Dolgarrog and Meantwrog stations and allowed a 10 MW extension to Dolgarrog station. [5]
The Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1952 extended the transitional period of the Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936 to 30 June 1958
1953The first section of the 275 kV grid commissioned, a 41-mile single circuit between Staythorpe and West Melton. [5]
1954The Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954 (repealed 1989) transfers control of electricity supplies in Scotland to the Secretary of State for Scotland. [2]
The Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 established the Atomic Energy Authority (as a nationalised industry) to provide oversight of the field of atomic energy in the UK.
The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 defined the rights of electricity suppliers to enter premises.
1955On 1 April the British Electricity Authority becomes the Central Electricity Authority. The Scottish area boards are merged into South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
The North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1955 empowered the Central Electricity Authority to construct hydro-electric power stations at Ffestiniog and Rheidol
1956Commissioning of the UK's first 100 MW turbo-alternator at Castle Donington power station, which eventually had six 100 MW units. [5]
The Herbert Committee (appointed in 1954) reported on the organisation and efficiency of electricity supply in the UK. The committee was critical of the dual role of generating power and supervising the industry, this led to the Electricity Act 1957.
1957The Electricity Act 1957 (repealed 1989) dissolved the Central Electricity Authority and replaced it by the Central Electricity Generating Board and the Electricity Council.
Commissioning of the UK's first cyclone-fired boiler at Barking C power station built by Babcock and Wilcox delivering 540,000 lb/hr of steam. [5]
1958The new chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside begins the procurement of the new 2,000 MW power stations and 400kV grid system known as the Hinton Heavies.
1959The Electricity (Borrowing Powers) Act 1959 limited the borrowing powers of the Electricity Council, the CEGB and the area boards to £1,800 million.
The first 275 kV cables commissioned connecting a generator transformer at Drakelow B power station to the National Grid. [5]
Commissioning of the UK's first 200 MW turbo-alternator at High Marnham power station with advanced steam conditions of 2,350 psi at 1,050 °F. High Marnham was Europe's first 1,000 MW power station. [5]
1960Proposed 2,000 MW (potentially 4,000 MW) power station at Holme Pierrepoint. Rejected by the planning inspector on amenity grounds.
1961The Electricity (Amendment) Act 1961 (repealed 1989) enabled the Central Electricity Generating Board to manufacture radioisotopes in association with its nuclear reactors – previously the Electricity Act 1957 had barred the Central Electricity Generating Board from carrying out functions other than the production of electricity. [13]
1962Commissioning of the UK's first commercial nuclear (Magnox) power stations, the 275 MW Berkeley power station in Gloucestershire in June, and the 300 MW Bradwell station in Essex in July. [5]
Commissioning of the UK's first 275 MW turbo-alternator at Blyth B power station. [5]
1963The Electricity and Gas Act 1963 (repealed 1989) — Increased the borrowing powers of the Electricity Council, electricity boards, the Gas Council and area gas boards. [14]
1965Introduction of the first phase of the 400 kV Supergrid from West Burton power stations, Nottinghamshire to Sundon in Bedfordshire. The line was 150 miles long and had a capacity of 1,800 MVA. [5]
Three cooling towers at Ferrybridge C power station collapse. The design had underestimated wind-loading, the CEGB instigated a programme of cooling tower reinforcement. [5]
Commissioning of the UK's first 350 MW turbo-alternator at Drakelow C and Blyth B power stations, only two units at each station were this size. [5]
1966Commissioning of the 580 MW Sizewell A nuclear power station in Suffolk. [5]
Commissioning of the UK's first 500 MW turbo-alternator at Ferrybridge C power station. [15] This became a standard size planned to be used in 49 units at 14 new power stations. [5]
First single stack chimney with four flues in one stack, is completed at Eggborough power station. [16]
The first 275 kV substation in London in Tottenham. [5]
1967One of the 65 MW units at Hams Hall C power station was experimentally converted to burn natural gas in addition to coal, Hams Hall was fully converted to dual coal/gas firing in 1971. [5]
The Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 established the Northern Ireland Joint Electricity Authority. The Authority had wider powers to supervise and control generation, transmission and the preparation of generating  plant programmes
1968The Gas and Electricity Act 1968 (repealed 1989) further increased the borrowing powers of the Gas Council and area gas boards, the Electricity Council, and Scottish electricity boards. [17]
1969The first of the new 2,000 MW generating units are officially opened by the Ministry of Power (United Kingdom) Roy Mason at West Burton power stations
1971The CEGB was reorganised to provide more authority to the five operating regions; project groups and specialist departments merged into the Generation Development and Construction Division.
1972The Electricity Act 1972 (repealed 1989) raised the limit on the borrowing powers of the Electricity Council and the electricity boards in England and Wales to £5,200 million.
1973The Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 controlled the production, supply, acquisition and use of certain substances and of electricity
The North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973 empowered the Central Electricity Generating Board to construct a hydro electric power station Dinorwig
1974Commissioning of the UK's first 660 MW turbo-alternator at Drax power station. [5]
Barton, Newton Abbot, Plymouth ‘A’, and Letchworth power stations decommissioned on 18 March 1974
1975 Battersea A power station was decommissioned on 17 March.
1976The Energy Act 1976 allowed the Secretary of State, for conservation purposes, to regulate or prohibit the production, supply, acquisition or use of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, electricity any other substance used as fuel. [5]
The UK's first advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power stations commissioned, at Hinkley Point B in Somerset and Hunterston B in Strathclyde. [5]
The CEGB announces the decommissioning of 2,884 MW of excess generating capability, 23 power stations closed plus 18 partly closed on 25 October. [5]
Barking 'B', Brighton 'A', Castlemeads, Cowes, and Portishead ‘A’ power stations decommissioned on 15 March 1976.
Hackney 'B', Peterborough, Burton, Coventry, Leicester, Meaford 'A', Northampton, Worcester, Bradford, Darlington, Wolverhampton, Ferrybridge 'A', Neepsend, Sculcoates, Sunderland, York (Foss islands), Blackburn, Lancaster, Ribble 'B', Stockport, Trafford, and Stuart Street power stations decommissioned on 25 October 1976. A total of 1,967 MW for 1976.
1977A further 650 MW of generating capacity decommissioned in March: six stations closed and two partially closed. [5]
Lincoln, Llynfi, and Hayle power stations decommissioned on 21 March 1977. A total of 227 MW.
1978 Economy 7 introduced.
Rotherham, Ocker Hill, Stourport 'A', and Woolwich power stations decommissioned on 30 October 1978. A total of 226 MW.
The Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978, granted the CEGB £50 million to build the second phase of Drax power station
1979The Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (repealed 1989) consolidated previous enactments for the supply of electricity in Scotland.
The first use of gas turbines for main power generation at Letchworth (Hertfordshire), Ocker Hill (Tipton Staffordshire), Taylors Lane (Willesden London) and Watford (Hertfordshire) power stations. These were 70 MW generators using Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engines. Previous gas turbines had been used as auxiliary units, supplying station auxiliaries and for peak-shaving. [5]
Bolton power station decommissioned on 19 March 1979.
Harts Head and Warrington power stations decommissioned on 29 October 1979. A total of 152 MW was decommissioned during 1979.
1980Carlisle, Kearsley, Blackburn Meadows, Ironbridge A (part), and Kingston power stations decommissioned on 27 October 1980 – a total of 544 MW.
1981The CEGB decommissions 3,400 MW of generating capacity, permanently closing 2,082 MW in 16 power stations, 1,320 MW was retained unused in reserve. [5]
Prototype assisted draft cooling tower commissioned at Ince B power station using 36 fans in place of three conventional cooling towers. [5]
Bold ‘A’, Fleetwood, Dunston, Huddersfield, Mexborough, Hams Hall ‘B’, Nottingham, Barking, Blackwell Point, Little Barford ‘A’, and Uskmouth ‘A’ power stations decommissioned on 26 October 1981. A total of 1,585 MW.
1982 Walsall power station was decommissioned on 1 March 1982.
Spondon power station was decommissioned on 1 October 1982.
Chatterton ‘B’, Thornhill, Nechells ‘B’, and Rye House power stations decommissioned on 1 November 1982. A total of 906 MW for 1982.
1983The Energy Act 1983 allows small-scale private generators. [18]
Acton Lane, Battersea, Deptford, Goldington, West Ham, Staythorpe ‘A’, Doncaster, North Tees ‘C’, and Skelton Grange ‘A’ power stations decommissioned on 31 October 1983. A total of 1,229 MW.
1984A cooling tower at Fiddler's Ferry power station collapsed in high winds. Investigations showed this was due to an imperfection in the shape of the shell above the ring beam.
1986The ±270 kV DC submarine cable link between UK and France commissioned capable of transferring 2,000 MW.
1988UK accepts EC's Large Combustion Plant Directive to address environmental damage from acid rain. [18]
The Electricity (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1988 increased the borrowing powers of the Scottish electricity boards to £3,000 million.
1989The Electricity Act 1989 provided for the privatisation of the electricity industry, and introduced the Fossil Fuel Levy to support the nuclear power industry. [18] The Act established the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) to promote competition in the industry and to protect consumers' interests. [19]
1990Beginning of the privatization of the Central Electricity Generating Board. The assets of the CEGB are broken up into three new companies: Powergen, National Power and National Grid Company. Later, the nuclear component within National Power was removed and vested in another state-owned company called Nuclear Electric.
1991Scottish industry privatised
1992Electricity supply in Northern Ireland privatised. Premier Power formed. From 1 March 1992 the Office of Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland was established under the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992. [20]
1993Supply industry in Northern Ireland privatised.
1994 Value-added tax (VAT) of 8% imposed on domestic energy. [18]
1995Major assets of Nuclear Electric and Scottish Nuclear were merged including the UK's eight most advanced nuclear plants, forming a new private company, British Energy.
National Grid Company plc becomes part of National Grid Group plc.
1997 Pembroke Power Station closes, the first of the 500 MW Hinton Heavies.
2000Section 1 of the Utilities Act 2000 established the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) [19] which merged and abolished the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) and Office of Gas Supply (OFGAS).
Section 62 of the Utilities Act 2000 empowered the Secretary of State to impose obligations on all licensed electricity suppliers for a proportion of their total supply of electricity to consumers to be from renewable sources.
The Isle of Man to England Interconnector was commissioned, at 104 km the longest AC submarine power cable in the world.
2001The Central Electricity Generating Board (Dissolution) Order 2001 [21] formally winds-up the CEGB. The Electricity Council (Dissolution) Order 2001 formally winds-up the Electricity Council.
2002National Grid Group plc merged with Lattice Group plc including Transco plc, to form National Grid Transco plc which included Transco plc and National Grid Company plc. The National Grid and the gas National Transmission System were now managed by a single holding company.
2003The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 [22] establishes the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation and abolishes the offices of Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland and Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland. The Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 provided for financial assistance to British Energy plc.
2004The Energy Act 2004 established the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and defined responsibilities for the decommissioning and cleaning up of civil nuclear installations and sites.
2005National Grid Transco plc renamed National Grid plc.
2007From 1 November, Northern Ireland generators must sell their electricity into the Single Electricity Market, an all-island market with the Republic of Ireland from which suppliers purchase electricity at a single market rate.
2008The Energy Act 2008 established the Renewables Obligation to support generating electricity from renewable sources; made provisions for the decommissioning and clean-up of nuclear sites; and the provision of smart meters.
2009After becoming the UK's largest electricity generation company, British Energy is bought by Électricité de France (EDF), a state owned company. [23]
2010The Energy Act 2010 required the government to prepare reports on the progress made on the decarbonisation of electricity generation in Britain and the development and use of carbon capture and storage; and to create schemes for energy suppliers to give benefits to customers to reduce fuel poverty.
2011 BritNed the 450 kV DC submarine inter-connector cable between the UK (Isle of Grain, Kent) and the Netherlands (Maasvlakte, Rotterdam) commissioned. It is 260 km long and has a capacity of 1,000 MW.
2012The East–West Interconnector the ±200 kV DC submarine and underground power cable between Pentir, North Wales and Arklow, County Wicklow commissioned. It is 261 km long and has a capacity of 500 MW.
Kingsnorth Power Station ceases generation on 17 December 2012, the next Hinton Heavy to face closure.
2013 Didcot Power Station ceases generation on 22 March 2013.
Fawley Power Station closes on 31 March 2013.
2015 Ironbridge Power Station is switched off on 20 November 2015.
2016 Ferrybridge Power Station closes on 31 March 2016.
Rugeley Power Station closes.
2018 Eggborough Power Station stops generating on 23 March 2018
The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018
2019The 400 kV DC NEMO inter-connector connecting the UK (Richborough, Kent) with Belgium (Zeebrugge) commissioned 31 January. It is 140 km long and has a capacity of 1,000 MW (8.76 TWh a year).
Cottam Power Station stops generating on 30 September 2019, the latest of the Hinton Heavies to close. Aberthaw power station (a Hinton Heavy) closes on 13 December 2019. [24]
2020 Fiddler's Ferry power station (another Hinton Heavy) closes on 31 March 2020. [25]
2021 IFA-2 (Interconnexion France-Angleterre 2) 204 km 1,000 MW ± 320 kV DC subsea electrical interconnector between France and the United Kingdom was commissioned in January.

ElecLink 51 km 1,000 MW ± 320 kV DC cables within the north running tunnel of the Channel Tunnel interconnector between France and the United Kingdom first energised 1 September. [26]

2022 Hunterston B nuclear power station closed 7 January. [27]
2023 West Burton power station closed 31 March 2023.

Local legislation timeline

In addition to the public general acts on electricity supply given in the above table, there were also local acts. The Electric Lighting Acts 1882 to 1909 permitted local authorities and companies to apply to the Board of Trade for provisional orders and licences to supply electricity. The orders were confirmed by local Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation Acts. Local authorities and companies could also obtain local acts for electricity supply. A sample of local acts is given in the table below. [28] Note that local acts have a chapter number for the relevant year in lower-case Roman numerals.

Chronological timeline of Local Act electricity legislation in the United Kingdom 1883–1948
YearChapterTitle of ActProvisions

1879 – 1884

1879ccxiiiLiverpool (Corporation) Electric Lighting Act
1880cxxvHull (Corporation) Electric Lighting Act
1881xxviiWestgate & Birchington Gas and Electricity Act
1882
1883ccxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Cambridge, Canterbury, Chelsea, Finchley, Folkestone, Gravesend, Greenock, Greenwich, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Maidstone, Sunderland
1883ccxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Aston Manor, Birkdale, Dudley, Saltley, Ulverston, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton
1883ccxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Redditch, Walsall
1883ccxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Barton, Eccles etc., Carlisle, Croydon, Luton, Margate, Nelson, Rochester, Scarborough, Sudbury
1883ccxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bermondsey, Clerkenwell, Hampstead, Holborn, Hornsey, St. George's-in-the-East, St. Giles, St. James’ & St. Martins, St. Luke, Wandsworth
1883ccxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Limehouse, Poplar, Richmond, Rotherhithe, St. Giles, St. Saviour's, Shoreditch, Wednesbury & Darlaston
1883ccxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Barnes & Mortlake, Hackney, Islington, St. Pancras, Whitechapel
1883ccxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Bradford, Brighton, Hanover Square, Norwich, South Kensington, Strand, Victoria
1883ccxxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Bristol, Grantham, Lowestoft
1883ccxxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Chiswick, St. George the Martyr
1883ccxxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for North of Scotland, West Hartlepool
1884xivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation ActOrders for Edison and Swann United Electric Lighting
1884xliiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for Bury St. Edmunds
1884lxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for St. James, St. Martin and St. George Hanover Square
1884lxxxivElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.4) ActOrder for Fulham District

1885 – 1889

1885
1886xviiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation ActOrder for Chelsea
1887
1888
1889clxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation ActOrders for Birmingham, Liverpool,  Swansea
1889clxxviiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for London Electric Supply Corp., Westminster
1889clxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for House to House Supply, Kensington and Knightsbridge, Notting Hill, South Kensington
1889clxxxElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.4) ActOrder for St. Martin
1889clxxxiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.5) ActOrder for Metropolitan Electric Supply Co.

1890 – 1894

1890clxxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation ActOrders for Cambridge, Dover, Hove, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcester
1890clxxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Burnley, Bury, Chester, Fleetwood, Lancaster, Salford
1890clxxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Bacup, Bedford, Huddersfield, Malvern, Oldham, Stockton-on-Tees
1890clxxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Accrington, Barnsley, Blackpool, Burton-upon-Trent, Cheltenham, Darlington
1890cxcElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bournemouth, Derby, Hastings and St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Oxford, Portsmouth, Woking
1890cxciElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Birkenhead, Great Yarmouth, Kingston-upon-Hull, Nottingham, Wigan, York
1890cxciiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Belfast, Blackburn, Leicester, Morecambe, Sevenoaks, Tunstall
1890cxciiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Ayr, Bognor, Eastbourne, Galway, Stafford, Tiverton
1890cxcivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Lambeth, North London Electric Supply, St. James’, London Electric Supply, Wandsworth
1890cxcviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Ashton-under-Lyne, Bournemouth Electric Supply, Coatbridge, Hastings Public Purposes, Northampton, Windsor
1890cxcviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for Chatham, Rochester and District, Manchester, Plymouth, Wrexham
1890cxcviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.12) ActOrders for Crystal Palace and District, Metropolitan Electric Supply
1890cxcvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.13) ActOrders for Preston, Preston and Fulwood
1890cxcixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.14) ActOrders for Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Kelvinside, Moss side and Stretford
1891xlixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Bolton, Canterbury, Dewsbury, Hanley, Harrogate, Sunderland
1891lElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Ealing, Norwich, Southport, Stockport, Surbiton,  Tynemouth
1891liElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Bishop's Stortford, Croydon, Heckmondwike, Londonderry, Southend, Weston-super-Mare
1891liiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Acton, Chiswick, Coventry, Kidderminster, Llanelly, South Shields
1891lxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bromley, Preston, Scarborough, Torquay, Tunbridge Wells, Withington
1891lxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for the south of Scotland
1891lxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Hertford, Killarney, Kingston-upon-Thames, Liverpool, Toxteth Park, Whitehaven
1891civElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Ipswich, Whitby
1891lxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Camberwell, Islington, Southwark, Wandsworth, Westminster
1891ccxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for the City of London, Clerkenwell, St. Luke Chelsea, Woolwich
1891cvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for Newport, Poole, Weybridge
1891cviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.12) ActOrders for Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne
1892xxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Glasgow Boundaries
1892xxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Aberystwyth, Ashton-under-Lyne, Halifax, Harwich, Limerick, Maidstone
1892xxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Kilkenny, Newbury, Sutton, West Ham, Woking
1892ccxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Dublin, Fareham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Waterford
1892ccxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Hampstead, Lambeth, Shoreditch, Whitechapel
1892ccxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for County of London Electric Supply Company, Southwark, Wandsworth,
1893xxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Beckenham, Colchester, Eccles, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1893xlElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Hackney, Hammersmith, Poplar
1893lxxxvCity of London Electric Lighting City of London Electric Lighting Company
1893cviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for South of Scotland Electricity
1893cxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Altrincham and Bowdon, Barnet, Bridgend, Taunton
1893cxliElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.5) ActOrder for Reading
1893cxliiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.6) ActOrder for Islington
1893cxliiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.7) ActOrder for Newmarket
1894xlixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Barrow-in-Furness, Buxton, Chepping Wycombe, Chesterfield, St. Helens, West Hartlepool
1894lElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Grimsby, Harrow, Leyton, Monmouth, Peterborough, St. Austell
1894cxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Crystal Palace, Oswestry, Plymouth, Shropshire Power Co., Wakefield, Yealdon
1894cxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Aberdare, Birmingham, Chelmsford, Guildford
1894cxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Clonmel, Moss Side

1895 – 1899

1895lxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for the south of Scotland
1895lxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Alderley Edge, Leigh, Llandudno, Luton, Radcliffe, Swindon
1895lxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Carlisle, Pontypool, Walthamstow, Winchester, Worthing
1895ciiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bootle, New Windsor, Prescot, Salisbury, Southampton, Windermere
1895ciiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.6) ActOrder for Liverpool
1896iiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (Notting Hill & c.) Act
1896lxxxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Cowes, Folkestone, Gloucester, Huddersfield, King's Lynn, Manchester, City of Wells
1896lxxxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Colwyn Bay, Devonport, Godalming, Kettering, Kingstown, Middleton
1896lxxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Ashton-on-Mersey, Keswick
1896cxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Bray, Liverpool, Cork, Queenstown, Rathmines and Rathgar, Sale
1896cxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Berkhamstead, Crosby, Margate, Pembroke
1896cxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Battersea, Camberwell, St. Saviour's District
1896clxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Allerton etc., Bath, Merthyr Tydfil
1897lxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Garston, Hoylake, Ipswich, Morley, Wilmslow, Wrexham
1897lxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Darwen, Dundalk, Lincoln, Tonbridge, Ventnor, Wimbledon
1897lxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Brighouse, Bury St. Edmunds, Dudley, Farnworth, Kearsley, Southampton, Watford
1897lxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for South of Scotland
1897lxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Ambleside, Ballymena, Dorking, Llandrindod Wells, Redditch, Reigate
1897lxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Barking, Morecambe, Ramsbotton, Swadincote, Wallasey
1897clxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Denton, Droylsden, Levenshulme, Moss Side, Stretford, Withington
1897clxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Bangor, Bexhill, Epsom, Galway, Northwich
1897clxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for County of London, Fulham, London Electric Supply Corp.
1897clxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Newmarket, Poole
1897clxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for Blackheath, Newington
1898xxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for the south of Scotland
1898xxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Dartford, East Ham, Ilfracombe, Ossett, Rawmarsh, Rotherham
1898xxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Batley, Hereford, Hornsey, Ilford, Leigh-on-Sea, Lewes
1898xlElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Barnes, Chichester, Doncaster, Hove, King's Norton, Leatherhead
1898xciiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Colne, East Stonehouse, Margam, Rochdale, St. Anne's-on-Sea, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
1898xciiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Aston Manor, Darlington, Lowestoft, Oldbury, Smethwick, West Bromwich
1898xcivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for Chelmsford, Melton Mowbray, Norwich, Preston, Warrington
1898xcvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.14) ActOrders for Bolton, Kingswinford, Penarth, Prescot, Shrewsbury, Rothesay, Weymouth, Wooda Bay
1898cxcixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for the north of Scotland
1898ccElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.13) ActOrders for Holborn and St. Giles
1898ccvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Aldershot, Bridgwater, Chislehurst, Gravesend, Hastings
1898ccviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Middlesbrough, Nuneaton, St. Albans, Whiston, Willesden
1898ccviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Birkdale, Burslem, Chorley, Crewe, Maidenhead, Stoke-upon-Trent
1898ccxxxiiiChelsea Electricity Supply Act
1899xxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Castleford, East Barnet, Grays, Mexborough, Sutton Coldfield, Worksop
1899xxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Aylesbury, Hartlepool, Mansfield, Wath-upon-Dearne, Winsford
1899cxviiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.3) ActOrder for Bermondsey
1899cccviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Audenshaw, Bexley, Glossop Corporation, Rhyl, Rugby, Runcorn
1899lxxxiiiKensington and Notting Hill Electric Lighting Companies Act
1899lxxxviiiCentral Electric Supply Company Act
1899cxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for the south of Scotland
1899cxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Ashford, Bognor, Burlsem, Cheltenham, Durham, Haslingden, Ilkeston
1899cxxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Gorton, Heaton Norris, Keighley, Knutsford, Ryde, Walker
1899cxxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Cheriton, Cromer, Erith, Farnborough, Horsham, Teignmouth
1899cxxiiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.9) ActOrder for Clontarf
1899cxxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Camborne, Dukinfield, Fenton, Finchley, Shipley, Swinton
1899cxxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for East Retford, Failsworth, Pemberton, Stourbridge, Swinton and Pendleton, Wednesbury
1899cxxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.12) ActOrders for Heywood, Longton, Ludlow, Mirfield, Newcastle-upon-Lyme, Rawtenstall
1899cxxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.13) ActOrders for South of Scotland Electricity
1899cxxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.14) ActOrders for Crayford, Halesowen, Handsworth, Lye and Wollescote, Lymington
1899cxlElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.15) ActOrders for Bethnal Green, Blackheath and Greenwich, Lewisham, Plumstead,
1899cxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.16) ActOrders for Broadstairs, Christchurch and District, Guildford, Newport, Sandown and Shanklin, Westgate and Birchington
1899cxliElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.17) ActOrders for Carshalton, Gateshead, Merthyr Tydfil, Newton Abbot
1899cxxvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.18) ActOrder for Royal Leamington Spa
1899cxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.19) ActOrders for Bournemouth, Eastbourne, Hendon, Midland Electric Power Distribution and Lighting
1899cclxxvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.20) ActOrder for City of London Electric Lighting Company

1900 – 1904

1900xlviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Basingstoke, Erdington, Farnham, Felixstowe and Walton, Leek, Littleborough, Maryport, Nantwich, Ormskirk, Penrith
1900xxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Brierley Hill, Cleethorpes, Elland, Exmouth, Newark, Penzance, Prestwich, Redcar, Sowerby Bridge, Whitefield
1900xlviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Allerton, Much Woolton, Little Woolton and Childwall, Barnet, Barnstaple, Birkenhead, Bonchurch, Boston, Brierfield, Egremont, Hyde, Sudbury
1900xlviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Bredbury & Romiley, Bridlington, Cheadle & Gatley, Hebburn, Kendal, Long Eaton, Lytham, Ormesby, Sleaford, Tunstall
1900xlixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bishop Auckland, Caterham, Cowpen, Grantham, Nuneaton & Chilvers, Ogmore Valley, Redruth, St. Helens, South Blyth, Weybridge
1900lxxxviiiCity of London Electric Lighting Act City of London Electric Lighting Company
1900cvCork Electric Tramways Act Cork Electric Tramways and Lighting Company
1900clxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Barmouth, Brechin, Clacton, Cleckheaton, Hythe, Liversedge, Llandilo, Ramsgate, Romford, Sandgate
1900clxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Malton, Midland Electric Power and Lighting, Newhaven, Seaford, Thirsk, Totnes, Witney, Woking
1900clxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for South of Scotland and North of Scotland
1900clxvixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Barnard Castle, Cheltenham, Freshwater and Totland, Gosforth, Jarrow, Llanrwst, Pwellheli, Royal Leamington Spa, Twickenham, Wallington
1900clxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.12) ActOrders for Banbury, Dartmouth, Gosport and Alverstoke, Heston and Isleworth, Sheerness, Spennymoor, Staines, Egham and Chertsey, Stamford, Uxbridge and District
1900ccviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Battersea, Limehouse, Mile End, St. George in the East
1900ccxlNewcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company Act Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company
1900ccxxviiCharing Cross Electricity Supply Corporation (Further Powers) Act Charing Cross and Strand Electricity Supply Corporation
1900ccxxxvLancashire Electric Power Act
1900cclxxviNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1900cclxxxiiSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company ActIncorporates the South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company.
1901cxxxviiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.1) ActConfirming an order for St Marylebone Borough Council to purchase the local undertakings from the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company [29]
1901xxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Abertillery, Aspull, Briton Ferry, Cannock, Ebbw Vale, Faversham, Llanduff and Dinas, Llangolleen, Neath, Tredegar
1901xxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Birstall, Cheshunt, Dorchester, Felling, Frome, Lichfield, Mitcham, New Hunstanton, Northfleet, Skipton
1901xxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Atheerton, Benwell and Fenham, Beverley, Burgess Hill, Chesham, East Cowes, Hindley, Honley, Standish-with-Langtree, Stratford-upon-Avon
1901civCleveland and Durham County Electric Power Act
1901cxviYorkshire Electric Power Act
1901cxxiDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act
1901cxxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Macclesfield, Ripon, Todmorden, Trowbridge, Ware, Wellingborough, Wellington, Widnes, Wisbech, Workington
1901cxxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Aberavon, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Hampton, Hoddesdon, Ince-in-Makerfield, Mountain Ash, Neath, Pontypridd, Teddington, Worsley
1901clxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Barry, Crompton, Foots Cray, Friern Barnet, Isle of Thanet, Newbury, Pudsey, Ross, Roundhay, Royton
1901clxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for the north of Scotland
1901clxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Alnwick, Annfield, Benfieldside, Consett, Handsworth, Norton, Pickering, St. Austell, Shildon, Whitley and Monkseaton
1901cxlElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.10) ActOrders for Blackrock, Dungannon, Kildare, Waterford
1901clxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.11) ActOrders for Bromsgrove, Goole, Ilkley, Lyndhurst, Midland Electric Power, Northwood and Ruislip, Rickmansworth, Rishton, Gt. Harwood and Clayton-le-Moors, Warwick
1901clxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.12) ActOrders for Lewisham, Penge
1901ccliWest Cumberland Electric Tramways Act
1902xxiNewcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company's Act Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company
1902xxxivCornwall Electric Power Act
1902cxivNorthumberland Electric Tramways Act
1902cxviiiSouth Wales Electric Power Distribution Company Act
1902cxxviiKent Electric Power Act
1902cxxxiLeicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Act
1902cliiiNorwich Corporation (Electricity etc.) Act
1902clviNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply
1902clxxiCroydon and District Electric Tramways Act Croydon Corporation Tramways
1902clxxviiiNorth and South Shields Electric Railway Act Tyneside Electrics
1902xciElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Edmonton, Enfield, Tottenham, Wood Green
1902lxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Beeston, Carnarvon, Eston, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Otley, South Bank in Normanby, Stockton Rural, Thornaby-on-Tees, Tipton
1902lxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for the County of Lancashire, Abram, Holyhead, Hucknall, Leyland, Louth, Penarth, Saddleworth, Springhead, Tyldesley-with-Shakerley
1902lxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Aberdare, Amble, Dover, Frinton-on-Sea, Gillingham, Hindhead and District, Leadgate, Leatherhead, Paignton, Stanley
1902clxxxviElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.5) ActOrder for Glasgow
1902clxxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Ardsley East and West, Barton Regis, Blaydon, Chester-le-Street, Church Stretton, Lees, Lower Bebington, Newburn, Seghill, Stanley
1902ccviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Bedlingtonshire, Chepstow, Cowes, Hitchin, Morpeth, Pokesdown, Slough, Stevenage, Tadcaster, Trefriw, West Riding
1902ccviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Bermondsey, Stoke Newington, Woolwich
1902ccxviLiverpool Tramways and Electric Supply Act
1903xxvCleveland and Durham County Electric Power Act
1903xlvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.1) ActOrder for Mitchestown
1903xlviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Brixham, Brumby and Frodingham, Dawlish, Horbury, Hucknall-under-Huthwaite, Newton-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Scunthorpe, Sidmouth, Yeovil
1903xlviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Auckland, Carisbrooke and Northwood, Drayton-in-Hales, Illogan, Ingleton, Port Dinorwic, Sevenoaks, South Shields, Stafford, Wilmslow
1903xlviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Borrowstourness, Camburslang, Irvine, Kilmalcolm, Kirkintilloch
1903lxxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Abersychan, Calverley, Falmouth, Horsforth, Lauceston, Maesteg, Walton-upon-Thames, Warmley, Whickham, Wigan
1903xlixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Bexley, Bridgwater, Bromley, Hendon, Huddersfield, Leatherhead, Prestwich, Stroud, Whitchurch and Pangbourne
1903lxxLanarkshire Electricity Act
1903lxxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Cambridge, Isle of Sheppey, Sandwich, Sittingbourne and Milton, Strood and Dartford, Tadcaster, Uxbridge, Wimbledon
1903clxvBlackheath and Greenwich District Electric Light Company's Act
1903clxxivNewcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company's Act Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company
1903ccxCarmarthenshire Electric Power Company Act
1903ccxivSomerset and District Electric Power Act
1903cclixCoventry Electric Tramways Act
1903cclxiiiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1903ccxxiFife Electric Power Act
1903ccxxxviiiNorth Western Electricity and Power Act
1903ccxliScottish Central Electric Power Act
1903cclxiCroydon and District Electric Tramways Act Croydon Corporation Tramways
1904xxxiiiGovan Electric Lighting Act
1904xliSt. Marylebone Electric Lighting ActEnabling the St Marylebone Borough Council to borrow money to purchase the local electricity undertakings of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company as authorised in 1901. [29]
1904livLancashire Electric Power Act
1904lxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for County of Lancashire, Barry, Clitheroe, Gainsborough, Glastonbury, Heysham, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Saffron Walden, Walmer, Whickham, Yardley
1904lxxiiiLeicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Act
1904lxxviiDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act
1904lxxxivClyde Valley Electric Power Act
1904cixNorth Western Electricity and Power Gas Act
1904clxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for County of Lancashire, Bath, Brynmawr, Chippenham, Eastleigh and Bishopstoke, Hanwell, Southgate, Tamworth, Walton-le-Dale, Watford, Widnes
1904clxxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Birkenhead, Bishop Auckland, Huddersfield, Maidenhead, Milford-on-Sea, Newquay, Penzance, Ramsgate, Sunderland, Tavistock
1904clxxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Ashford, Ely, Ham, Hexham, Horley, Keynsham, Kingswood, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth, Walton-upon-Thames
1904cxxxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Musselburgh, Portpatrick, Wishaw
1904clxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Cleveland, Portishead & Long Ashton, Crediton, Devizes, Hampton Wick, Houghton-le-Spring, The Maldens and Coombe, Northampton, Stroud, Nailsworth & Dursley, Trowbridge
1904Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) Act
1904clxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for Caerphilly, Epsom, Mansfield Woodhouse, North Worcestershire, Sutton-in-Ashfield
1904ccviiLothians Electric Power Act
1904ccxiiiNorth Wales Electric Power Act

1905 – 1909

1905viiiWest Cumberland Electric Tramways Act
1905xvWeybridge and Walton-upon-Thames Electric Supply Act
1905xviChelsea Electricity Supply Company Act
1905xlixSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act
1905lxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Bury, Conway Corporation, Golborne, Haydock, Little Lever, Southall-Norwood, Spalding, Whitwood, Whitworth
1905lxxxElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for Ballaghadereen
1905lxxxiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.3) ActOrder for Woolwich
1905Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) Actno act with this number was passed
1905cxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Andover, Burslem (extension to Tunstall), Hessle, Litherland, Little Hulton, Penmaenmawr, Ravensthorpe, Stratford-upon-Avon, Surbiton, Tewkesbury
1905cxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for Barnet, Brockenhurst, Farnham, Gosport, Houghton-le-Spring and District, Lichfield, Ludlow, Lytham, St. Alban's Rural, Ware
1905lxxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for West Yorkshire, Bishops Stortford, Dover, Hemsworth and District, Marlborough, Tottington, Woking Electric Supply Co. (extension to Chertsey)
1905cxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.8) ActOrders for the south of Scotland and the north of Scotland
1905cxxxviiiAndover Lighting and Power Act
1905cxlviMetropolitan Electric Supply Company Act
1905clxShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1905clxivMetropolitan Electric Tramways Act
1905clxxivLondon Electric Supply Company Act
1905clxxviNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1905clxxxviCentral Electric Supply Company Act
1905cxciiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.9) ActOrders for Brentford, Croydon Rural, Durham, Eastbourne Corporation (extension to Willingdon), Gravesend (extension to Northfleet), Kingsbury, Old Windsor, Wimborne and District
1905ccMetropolitan Electric Supply Company (Various Powers) Act
1906xxivElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.1) ActOrder for Waterford
1906xxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Abercarn, Barry, Bettwsycoed, Blaydon, Calverleey, Farsley, Foots Cray, Horsforth, Market Harborough, Wembley
1906xciiCumberland Electricity and Power-Gas Act
1906xciiiFolkestone and District Electricity Supply Act
1906cxxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for the south of Scotland
1906cxxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for West Yorkshire, Aylesbury, Boston, Castle Ward, Godalming, Gomersal, Henley-on-Thames, Pinner & Stanmore & Harrow Weald & Edgware, Ryton, Swanage
1906cxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Bude, Camberley and District, East Barnet Valley, Exeter, Frome, Higham Ferrers & Rushden & Wellingborough, Mid Durham, Wealdstone, Wisbech and Yardley
1906cxiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.6) ActOrder for the south of Scotland
1906cxxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Barton-upon-Irwell, Cheshunt, Dorchester, Eton, Hexham, Stourport and Kidderminster, Uxbridge and District
1906cxlviAscot District Gas and Electricity Act
1906cxlviiDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act
1906cliiTwickenham and Teddington Electric Supply Company Act
1906clviiiNewcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company Act
1906clxvKent Electric Power Act
1906clxxxiiCounty of Durham Electric Power Supply Act
1906clxxxvShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1906cxciHackney Electricity Act
1906cxcvSt. Pancras Electricity Act
1906cxcviiSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act
1906cxcixLancashire Electric Power Act
1906ccivMetropolitan Electric Supply Company Act
1906ccixEdinburgh Suburban Electric Tramways Act
1907livElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for West Yorkshire, Aston Manor, Chesham, Hipperholme, Lytham, Newark, Penrith, Pontefract, Stockport
1907lvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for Cork Rural
1907cxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for West Yorkshire, Castleford, Egham, Formby, Grimsby, Liversedge, Maldens & Coombe, Mansfield, Paignton, Selby, Stoke-upon-Trent
1907lviElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.4) ActOrder for North of Scotland
1907lviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Minehead and Dunster, Rhymney Valley, St. Albans and District
1907xciElectric Supply Corporation Limited Act
1907xcviiiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1908lxxiSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act
1908lxxivWishaw Burgh Electricity Act
1908xciMetropolitan Electric Tramways Act
1908cvCentral Ireland Electric Power Act
1908cxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Bispham-with-Norbreck, Caldy, Carmarthen, Fleetwood, Halesowen, Heswall, Lowestoft, Lymington, Portsmouth, Southampton, Woking
1908cxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for South of Scotland Electricity
1908cxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation [(No.3)] ActOrders for West Riding, Bridgend, Hendon, Llandaff and Dinas Powis, Llansamlet, Oulton Broad, Sowerby Bridge, Tewskebury
1908clxviiLondon Electric Supply Act
1909xiiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1909xxxiiiYork Town and Blackwater Gas (Electric Lighting) Act
1909xxxviCounty of Durham Electric Power Supply Act
1909lxxviiiWest Kent Electric Power Act
1909cxliElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Chesham, Cleethorpes, Herne Bay, Hindhead and District, Holsworthy, Southampton, Staines, Stourbridge, Turton, Walton-on-the-Naze
1909cixElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for South of Scotland Electricity

1910 – 1914

1910xiiFarnham Gas and Electricity Act
1910xviiBishop's Stortford, Harlow and Epping Gas and Electricity Act
1910xxiYorkshire Electric Power Act Yorkshire Electric Power Company
1910xxixReading and District Electric Supply ActExtending the area of the Reading Electric Supply Company
1910lxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Navan and Swinford
1910lxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Chesham, Church, Clevedon, Dawlish, Derby, Gorseinon, Huddersfield, Ormskirk, Runcorn, Smethwick, Widnes
1910lxxviElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.2) ActOrder for the south of Scotland
1910lxxviiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.4) ActOrder for Bath
1910cxlLondon Electric Supply ActMade the London County Council the purchasing authority in respect of the undertakings of electric lighting companies in London to which the London Electric Supply Act 1908 did not apply.
1911xxixLondon Electric Railway Act
1911xciiiMetropolitan Electric Tramways Act
1911cxiEast Kent Electric Power ActTransferring powers of the Kent Electric Power Company to the South East Kent Electric Power Company.
1911cxxviiEdinburgh Suburban Electric Tramways Order Confirmation Act
1911clxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Accrington, Aldeburgh, Ashford, Blandford, Budleigh Salterton, Carlisle, Chichester, Cirencester, Leominster, Newcastle upon Tyne
1911clxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Macclesfield, Pateley Bridge, Portishead, Rhondda, Salisbury, Wimbledon, Witney
1911clxiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for South of Scotland Electricity, Alloa, Fife electric lighting
1911clxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Chepping Wycombe, Harrow, Sandwich Deal & Walmer, Sevenoaks
1911clxivElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.5) ActOrder for Donaghadee
1912lxiiBognor Gas Light and Coke Company (Electricity) ActAllowed the Bognor Gas Light and Coke Company to supply electricity within the area they already supplied gas.
1912lxxxviiiLondon Electric Railway Act
1912lxxxixEricht Water and Electric Power Act
1912xcviiiNational Electric Construction Company Act
1912cxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Ardsley, Bingley, Birstall, Burnham (Som.), Great Harwood, Greetland, Hoyland, Launceston, Wimborne
1912cxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Abercarn, Aylesbury, Biddulph, Burnley, Darton, Doncaster, Dorchester, Ilkley, Pontefract, Sherborne
1912cxviElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Abingdon, Altrincham, Cheltenham, Goole, Holmfirth, Llanelly, Llantwit, Rothwell, Rushden, Wombwell & Worsborough
1912clvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.4) ActOrder for the south of Scotland
1913ixNorthern Counties Electricity Supply Company Act
1913xHerne Bay Gas and Electricity Act
1913lxxKent Electric Power Act
1913xcviiLondon Electric Railway Act
1913cxlixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Baildon, Beckeenham, Chipping Norton, Hazel Grove, Itchen, Skelton & Brotton, Southborrough, Stoke-on-Trent, Truro, Weaverham
1913clElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Barnet, Barton-on-Humber, Basingstoke, Derby, Doncaster, Ellesmere Port, Kingswear, Leatherhead, Mid Sussex Electric Lighting, Northwood & Ruislip
1913cliElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.3) ActOrder for South of Scotland
1913cliiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Lytham, Marlborough, Menai, Neath, Sevenoaks, Stroud, Wolverhampton
1913cliiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Caerphilly, Pinner, Smethwick, Watford, Wellingborough
1913clivElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.6) ActOrder for Portrush
1913clvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.7) ActOrder for Romford
1914xxvStone Gas and Electricity Act
1914xxxLondon Electric Railway Act
1914lxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Hawarden, Kenilworth, Ledbury, Llanfairfechan, Merthyr Tydfil, Newton-in-Makerfield, Oulton Broad, Ruthin, Slaithwaite, Thornton, Yeovil
1914lxiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.3) ActOrder for North of Scotland
1914lxiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.8) ActOrder for Kingstown
1914lxxviiiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1914lxxixNorwich Electric Tramways Act
1914lxxxiHightown Gas and Electricity Act
1914lxxxiiiDeal and Walmer Gas and Electricity Act
1914lxxxivShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1914lxxxvYorkshire Electric Power Act
1914cxviiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Abercarn, Chorley, Farnham, Harwich, Kingston-upo-Hull, Knottingley, Leeds, Warminster
1914cxviiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Banstead, Walton-on-the-Hill and Kingswood Electric Lighting, Beeston, Bradford-on-Avon, Feltham, Gelligaer, Heanor and Eastwood, Midhurst, Rickmansworth & Choreley Wood, Colne Valley
1914cxixElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.6) ActOrders for South of Scotland, Ayr, Edinburgh, Galaashiels
1914cxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.7) ActOrders for Cowbridge & Penybont, Hinckley, Reading, Watford, Whitstable, York
1914cxxiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.9) ActOrder for South of Scotland
1914clxxvElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.5) ActOrders for Castle Bar, Lurgan, Waterford

1915 – 1919

1915viiAscot District Gas and Electricity Act
1915xxiOrmskirk Gas and Electricity Act
1915xxxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) ActOrders for Clifden, Enniscorthy
1915lxviiiLondon Electric Railway Act
1915lxxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.2) ActOrders for Haworth, Irlam, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knaresborough, Litherland, Normanton, Ryde, Skipton, Stanley (Yrks), Tenby
1915lxxxiiiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.3) ActOrders for Andover, Bosston, Chipstead, Connah's Quay, East Grinstead, Selby, Southampton, Street
1915lxxxivElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.4) ActOrders for Harrogate, Keithley, Teignmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Warrington, Ystradgynlais
1915lxxxvElectric Lighting Order Confirmation (No.5) Act
1916xxivElectric Lighting Order Confirmation ActOrder for Church Stretton
1917xxxiElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation ActOrders for Epsom, Featherstone, Garforth, Horbury, Otley, Penistone, Rawdon
1917liRichmond (Surrey) Electricity Supply Act
1918viiBrixham Gas and Electricity Act
1918viiiYorkshire Electric Power Act
1918xxiiCounty of London Electric Supply Company Act County of London Electric Supply Company
1918xxxElectric Lighting Orders Confirmation ActOrders for Newquay, Wednesbury
1918xliiiShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1918xlviiiClyde Valley Electrical Power Order Confirmation Act
1919lxxiiElectric Lighting Order Confirmation ActOrder for Chepstow
1919xcviiClyde Valley Electrical Power Order Confirmation Act
1919cxxiShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act

1920 – 1924

1920viSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act
1920xxvNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1921cxivCounty of London Electric Supply Company Act County of London Electric Supply Company
1922xxiiiYorkshire Electric Power Act
1922lxviiSouth Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act
1922lxxviiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1922lxxixGrampian Electricity Supply Act
1923xxvOakham Gas and Electricity Act
1923ciiiLondon Electric Railway Act
1924liiGrampian Electricity Supply Act

1925 – 1929

1925xciiClyde Valley Electrical Power Act
1925xciiiLanarkshire Hydro-Electric Power Act
1926ixAscot District Gas and Electricity Act
1926xvAyrshire Electricity Order Confirmation Act
1926xxxivLeicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Act
1926lxxiiiKidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Act
1926ciiiShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1927viiFarnham Gas and Electricity Act
1927xixNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1927xxvYorkshire Electric Power Act
1927lxviBognor Gas and Electricity Act
1927lxxiiWessex Electricity Act
1927cEast Anglian Electricity Act
1927cviiCounty of London Electric Supply Company Act County of London Electric Supply Company
1927cixLondon and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority Act
1927cxviiGrampian Electricity Supply Order Confirmation Act
1928cxiiiWeald Electricity Supply Company Act
1928cxvCleveland and Durham County Electric Power Act
1928cxviiiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply (Consolidation) Act
1929xiLancashire Electric Power Act

1930 – 1939

1930IiiGrampian Electricity Supply Order Confirmation Act
1930lxxScottish Central Electric Power Act
1930cxxivFife Electric Power Act
1930cxxviiSidmouth Electricity Act
1930clxivAscot District Gas and Electricity Act
1930clxvBrixham Gas and Electricity Act
1930clxxxixShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act
1931xxviiiGuildford Gas and Cranleigh Electricity Act
1932xiiSouth Wales Electric Power Act
1932xxxiiNorth-Eastern Electric Supply Act
1932lxvNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1932lxvOakham Gas and Electricity Act
1932lxxxixBournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Electricity Act
1933livGrampian Electricity Supply Order Confirmation Act
1934lxxviiNorth Wales Electric Power Act
1934lxxxiiiClyde Valley Electricity Power Order Confirmation Act
1934lxxxviFalkirk Electricity Order Confirmation   Act
1935xxiiFolkestone and District Electricity Act
1935xxvNorwich Electric Tramways Act
1935lxxxiBognor Gas and Electricity Act
1935xcviiiAscot District Gas and Electricity Act
1936xxiiGrampian Electricity Supply Order Confirmation Act
1936xxxiYorkshire Electric Power Act
1936xlNorth Wales Electric Power Act
1936livCornwall Electric Power Act
1936lxiNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1936lxiiColne Valley and Northwood Electricity Act
1937xlNorth Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act
1937lxvKent Electric Power Act
1937lxviiiWessex Electricity Act
1937lxxixLancashire Electric Power Act
1937xcixClyde Valley Electrical Power Order Confirmation Act
1938xiiiNorth West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act
1938xxviBrixham Gas and Electricity Act
1938lviiiShropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Consolidation Act
1939liiNorth-West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act
1939lvBognor and District Gas and Electricity Act
1939xciiiMotherwell and Wishaw Electricity, &c. Order Confirmation Act

1940 – 1948

1940xiiWessex Electricity Act
1940xxiCornwall Electric Power Act
1940xxixFarnham Gas and Electricity Act
1942xiiiSouth Wales Electric Power Act
1944ixNorth-West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act
1946xixNorth West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act
1946xxxvWest Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act
1948xlviiiSt. Helens Corporation (Electricity and General Powers) Act

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