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English power supply company
Northern Electric
was an electricity supply and distribution company serving north east
England
.
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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 to Northern Electric plc in March 1990, and the company was privatised in December of the same year. At the end of 1996 the company was acquired by American corporation,
CalEnergy
, which formed a subsidiary,
CE Electric
to manage Northern Electric.
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The company was split into supply and distribution arms under the
Utilities Act 2000
. In 2001, the supply business was disposed in an asset swap with
npower
, exchanging the North East consumer business for the distribution arm of
Yorkshire Electricity
.
The
North East England
distribution arm was retained by CE Electric, renamed Northern Electric Distribution Limited (NEDL) and merged with the newly acquired distribution arm of
Yorkshire Electricity
, which was renamed Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd (YEDL) to form
CE Electric UK
. It is licensed as the
distribution network operator
for the
North East England
region by the
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
.
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