Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
serving much of
YorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the British Isles. Because of its great size, functions were increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as...
and parts of
DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
,
LincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. It also borders Northamptonshire for just 19 metres, England's shortest county boundary...
and
NottinghamshireNottinghamshire is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire...
.
Formed as the Yorkshire Electricity Board in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the
Electricity Act 1947The Electricity Act 1947 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised the numerous municipal and privately-owned electricity generation and supply utilities in Great Britain. They were replaced with a British Electricity Authority and fifteen Area Electricity Boards.* List...
, it was privatised in 1990 as the Yorkshire Electricity Group plc.
In 1997 the company was acquired by
American Electric PowerAmerican Electric Power is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S...
(AEP) and Public Service Company of Colorado (part of
Xcel EnergyXcel Energy, Inc. is a public utility company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Primary services are electricity and natural gas...
).
In 2001 Innogy bought 94.75% of the company.
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Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
serving much of
YorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the British Isles. Because of its great size, functions were increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as...
and parts of
DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
,
LincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. It also borders Northamptonshire for just 19 metres, England's shortest county boundary...
and
NottinghamshireNottinghamshire is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire...
.
History
Formed as the Yorkshire Electricity Board in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the
Electricity Act 1947The Electricity Act 1947 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised the numerous municipal and privately-owned electricity generation and supply utilities in Great Britain. They were replaced with a British Electricity Authority and fifteen Area Electricity Boards.* List...
, it was privatised in 1990 as the Yorkshire Electricity Group plc.
In 1997 the company was acquired by
American Electric PowerAmerican Electric Power is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S...
(AEP) and Public Service Company of Colorado (part of
Xcel EnergyXcel Energy, Inc. is a public utility company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Primary services are electricity and natural gas...
).
In 2001 Innogy bought 94.75% of the company. The company was subsequently split into two entities, one a supply company, the other a distribution utility. The distribution company (Yorkshire Electric Distribution Limited) was disposed of to
CE Electric UKCE Electric UK Funding Company is an electrical distribution company based in Houghton-le-Spring in England. It is the owner of Northern Electric Distribution Limited and Yorkshire Electricity Distribution plc which are the Distribution Network Operators for the North East England and Yorkshire...
in 2001 in exchange for the supply business of
Northern ElectricNorthern Electric was an electricity supply and distribution company serving north east England.-History:It had its origins as the North Eastern Electricity Board, formed as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947.The assets of the board were transferred...
. CE Electric is now the licensed
Distribution Network OperatorDistribution network operators are companies licensed to distribute electricity in Great Britain by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets....
for the Yorkshire region.
Innogy was itself taken over by
RWERWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...
. The supply company now trades as
npowerNpower is a UK based electricity and natural gas supply company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it is now owned by RWE of Germany.- History :The Company was established as Innogy plc from the UK...
.
See also
- npower (UK)
Npower is a UK based electricity and natural gas supply company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it is now owned by RWE of Germany.- History :The Company was established as Innogy plc from the UK...