SEEBOARD
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SEEBOARD, formerly South Eastern Electricity Board (SEEB), was a British
electricity company. The electrical power industry in the United Kingdom was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, when over 600 electric power companies were merged into twelve Area Boards, one of which was the South Eastern Electricity Board.
On March 31, 1990, the Area Electricity Boards were changed to independent Regional Electricity Companies (REC). On December 11, 1990 the RECs were privatised.
Seeboard Powerlink, a company owned by SEEBOARD, BICC and ABB, was awarded (13 Aug 1998)a 30-year contract to operate, maintain, finance and renew London Underground's high-voltage power distribution network, under the terms of the UK government's Private Finance Initiative.
Seeboard Powerlink became responsible for distribution of high-voltage electricity supplies to London Underground's 270 stations and more than 400 kilometres of track.
The contract included significant capital construction and installation works on the LUL power system valued at approximately £100 million.
SEEBOARD was later bought by EDF Energy
and merged with London Electricity and SWEB Energy (formerly the South Western Electricity Board) as EDF Energy, the UK branch of Électricité de France
. The SEEBOARD brand was eventually discontinued on 5 June 2006, along with the London Electricity and SWEB Energy brands following the launch of single, national identity.
England
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electricity company. The electrical power industry in the United Kingdom was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, when over 600 electric power companies were merged into twelve Area Boards, one of which was the South Eastern Electricity Board.
On March 31, 1990, the Area Electricity Boards were changed to independent Regional Electricity Companies (REC). On December 11, 1990 the RECs were privatised.
Seeboard Powerlink, a company owned by SEEBOARD, BICC and ABB, was awarded (13 Aug 1998)a 30-year contract to operate, maintain, finance and renew London Underground's high-voltage power distribution network, under the terms of the UK government's Private Finance Initiative.
Seeboard Powerlink became responsible for distribution of high-voltage electricity supplies to London Underground's 270 stations and more than 400 kilometres of track.
The contract included significant capital construction and installation works on the LUL power system valued at approximately £100 million.
SEEBOARD was later bought by EDF Energy
EDF Energy
EDF Energy is an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom...
and merged with London Electricity and SWEB Energy (formerly the South Western Electricity Board) as EDF Energy, the UK branch of Électricité de France
Électricité de France
Électricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...
. The SEEBOARD brand was eventually discontinued on 5 June 2006, along with the London Electricity and SWEB Energy brands following the launch of single, national identity.