The South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) generated, transmitted and distributed electricity throughout the south of Scotland, including the former regions of Strathclyde, Lothian, Fife, Central, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway and a few towns in northern England. It existed between 1955 and 1991.
History
The South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB), was formed as a result of the Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954.[1] On 1 April 1955, South West Scotland Electricity Board and South East Scotland Electricity Board were merged into the South of Scotland Electricity Board.
In January 1990 it shut down a reactor at the Hunterston A Magnox Power Station. The second reactor was shut down on 31 March 1990, the day before the nuclear generation assets (Hunterston A, Hunterston B and Torness Power Stations) were vested with Scottish Nuclear.
The remainder of the assets were privatised as Scottish Power in 1991.
Chairmen
South East Scotland Electricity Board
South West Scotland Electricity Board
- 1948–1955: Sir John Sydney Pickles, MIEE[4]
South of Scotland Electricity Board
- 1955–1962: Sir John Sydney Pickles, MIEE[5]
- 1962–1967: Sir Norman Randall Elliott, CBE[6]
- 1967–1973: Charles Lewis Cuthbert Allen, FICE, FIEE[7]
- 1974–1977: Sir Francis Leonard Tombs, FREng (later Baron Tombs)[8][9]
- 1977–1982: Donald Roy Berridge, CBE[10]
- 1982–1991: Sir Donald John Miller[11]
See also
- Energy policy of the United Kingdom
- Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
- Companies merged into South East Scotland Electricity Board
- Companies merged into South West Scotland Electricity Board
References
- ^ Competition Commission (UK), Report on Electricity Supply Industry, 1987 (PDF) Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Electrical Review, vol. 157 (1955), p. 1255.
- ^ "Duke, Sir (Robert) Norman", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Electrical Times, vol. 141 (1962), p. 170.
- ^ "Chairman Retiring", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 27 January 1962, p. 9.
- ^ "Elliott, Sir Norman (Randall)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Allan, (Charles) Lewis (Cuthbert)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Tombs, Baron, (Francis Leonard Tombs)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ North of Scotland Hydro-electric Board, Report and Accounts (1974), p. 8.
- ^ "Berridge, (Donald) Roy", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Miller, Sir Donald (John)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
Further reading
- Leslie Hannah, Engineers, Managers and Politicians: The First Fifteen Years of Nationalised Electricity Supply in Britain (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan for The Electricity Council, 1982).
External links
- THE FRASERS' RETURN (1963) (archive film sponsored by the South of Scotland Electricity Board - from the National Library of Scotland: SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVE)