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prior to 1990. It also sold and made available for hire and hire-purchase domestic electrical appliances through local showrooms where electricity bills could also be paid. It was shortened to
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The board was formed as the London
Electricity Board on 1 April 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the
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1948–1956, Henry John
Randall (born 30 December 1894 London, died 5 May 1967 Buckinghamshire), previously managing director of the
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Other members of the board were: Deputy
Chairman C.G. Moss (1964, 1967), Full-time member C.A.F. Beaumont (1964, 1967).
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responsible for the supply and distribution of electricity to domestic, commercial and industrial consumers in
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The amount of electricity sold, in GWh, by the LEB over its operational life was as follows:
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Drysdale Fenton (born 27 March 1908, died 4 May 1985)
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Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
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1956–1968, David Blair Irving (born 9 November 1903, died 9 June 1986)
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1972–1976, Owen
Francis (born 4 October 1912, died 26 July 2005)
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Notable employees of the business include former prime minister
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in its green and blue logo, consisting of the three letters. As
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The total number of customers supplied by the board were:
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List of pre-nationalisation UK electric power companies
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Companies formerly listed on the London Stock
Exchange
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1072:Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board
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555:Pre-nationalisation electric power companies
223:London Electricity Board customers, 1948–89
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138:. The LEB was privatised in 1990 under the
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187:City of London Electric Lighting Company
16:British electricity supplier (1947–1993)
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122:and was once a constituent of the
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349:London Electricity goes to France
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424:The Electricity Council (1990).
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1112:South Eastern Electricity Board
1097:South Western Electricity Board
1077:East Midlands Electricity Board
1062:North Eastern Electricity Board
1057:North Western Electricity Board
1167:1948 establishments in England
535:other specific-plant companies
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1082:South Wales Electricity Board
365:. Harper Collins. p. 30.
363:John Major: The Autobiography
159:company, in 1996 and then by
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149:The company was acquired by
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1087:Midlands Electricity Board
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351:BBC News, 30 November 1998
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1092:Eastern Electricity Board
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263:No. of customers, 1,000s
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1107:London Electricity Board
560:London Electricity Board
142:, as London Electricity
97:London Electricity Board
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494:Electricity generation
207:1986–1990, John Wilson
116:London Electricity plc
162:Électricité de France
120:London Stock Exchange
118:it was listed on the
140:Electricity Act 1989
136:Electricity Act 1947
361:John Major (1999).
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180:Chairmen of the LEB
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395:Who was Who
322:Phabricator
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1136:Categories
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914:(co-fired)
883:Shoreditch
641:Acton Lane
521:EDF Energy
458:EDF Energy
435:085188122X
336:References
170:John Major
74:EDF Energy
1027:from 1948
945:Lots Road
934:Belvedere
912:Greenwich
857:Crossness
852:Belvedere
780:Greenwich
726:Wood Lane
706:Lots Road
686:Greenwich
661:Brimsdown
651:Battersea
215:Customers
70:Successor
974:Dagenham
929:Bankside
862:Edmonton
731:Woolwich
721:West Ham
701:Kingston
676:Deptford
447:See also
99:was the
65:Acquired
36:Industry
1023:Former
775:Enfield
770:Croydon
765:Citigen
760:Barking
716:Stepney
711:Neasden
696:Hackney
597:Biomass
514:Current
324:and on
258:1988/9
255:1987/8
252:1985/6
249:1980/1
246:1978/9
243:1975/6
240:1970/1
237:1965/6
234:1960/1
231:1948/9
152:Entergy
130:History
54:Defunct
46:Founded
967:Active
922:Closed
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876:Closed
867:SELCHP
845:Active
810:Future
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753:Active
681:Fulham
634:Closed
605:Active
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84:London
837:waste
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290:1887
287:1849
284:1787
281:1872
278:1844
275:1849
272:1848
269:1787
266:1482
228:Year
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626:Coal
430:ISBN
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95:The
62:Fate
57:1998
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897:Oil
745:Gas
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