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 nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947. The establishment of the company involved the amalgamation of 50 private and local authority power companies. The Yorkshire Electricity Board took over Scarcroft Lodge in north Leeds as its headquarters.
Nationalised industry.
The Yorkshire Electricity Board was responsible for the purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The key people on the Board were: Chairman Arthur Bond (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman R.H.M Barkham (1964, 1967), Full time member J.S. Yates (1964, 1967).
The total number of customers supplied by the Board was:
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Boyd Trophy

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