North Eastern Electricity Board [SEP] dissolved or abolished
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 industry by the Electricity Act 1947, it was privatised in 1990 and renamed as Northern Electric.
Fleet vehicles.
The NEEB transport fleet was easily identified by its distinctive orange colour and company logo.
External links.
-  National Archives
building, North Thames House, has since been demolished.
History.
The board was established on 1 May 1949, and dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the British Gas Corporation.
The board took over the following local authority and privately owned gas production and supply utilities:
- Ascot District Gas and Electricity Company (Only the gas operations were acquired: the electricity undertaking had become part of the Southern Electricity Board in 1948).
- Chertsey Gas Consumers' Company Ltd.
- Commercial Gas