Southern Electric
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Southern Electric plc was a
History
The company originated as the Southern Electricity Board, created in 1948 as part of the
SSE used the "Southern Electric" name and logo for a time as a brand name for retail distribution of gas and electricity in the south of England, before replacing it with SSE branding. Following the purchase of SSE's retail business by OVO Energy in 2020, the Southern Electric brand is a trading name of OVO Electricity Limited.[2]
Southern Electricity Board
The key people on the board were: Chairman Henry Nimmo (1948–54),[3] Chairman R.R.B. Brown (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman W.B. Poulter (1964, 1967), full-time member A. W. Bunch (1967).[4]
The number of customers supplied by the board was:[5][6]
| 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 | 876 | 1429 | 1616 | 1829 | 1993 | 2095 | 2150 | 2312 | 2386 | 2424 |
The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by the Southern Electricity Board over its operational life was:[5][6]
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Operations
The Southern Electric name continues to be used by SSE's subsidiary Southern Electric Power Distribution plc,[7] the distribution network operator in the south of England.
In April 2013 the UK electricity market regulator
See also
References
- ^ Two electric suppliers in Britain to merge. New York Times. 2 September 1998.
- ^ "Trading names". SSE. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Obituary Henry Nimmo (p. 10)". The Times. 26 October 1954.
- ^ The Electricity Council publicity brochures 1964 and 1967
- ^ ISBN 0851880762.
- ^ ISBN 085188122X.
- ^ "Southern Electric Power Distribution plc". Companies House. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Ofgem fines SSE £10.5m for mis-selling
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