Northern Electric was an electricity supply and distribution company serving north east

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History

It had its origins as the

North Eastern Electricity Board North Eastern Electricity Board was an electricity distribution utility in England, serving the North East of England. History Formed as the North Eastern Electricity Board (NEEB) in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity indust ...

, formed as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the

Electricity Act 1947 The Electricity Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 54.) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which nationalised, or bought into state control, the electricity supply industry in Great Britain. It established a central authority called t ...

. 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.Northern Electric sparks £650m US bid
The Independent, 29 October 1996 The company was split into supply and distribution arms under the

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. 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 Yorkshire Electricity was an electricity distribution utility in England, serving much of Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. History Formed as the Yorkshire Electricity Board in 1948 as part of the nationalisat ...

. 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

, which was renamed Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd (YEDL) to form CE Electric UK. It is licensed as the

distribution network operator A distribution network operator (DNO), also known as a distribution system operator (DSO), is the operator of the electric power distribution system which delivers electricity to most end users. Each country may have many local distribution networ ...

for the North East England region by the

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CE ElectricUK
{{Authority control Electric power companies of the United Kingdom Former nationalised industries of the United Kingdom 1947 establishments in England 1990 disestablishments in England 1996 mergers and acquisitions

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