Electricity Council

The Electricity Council was a governmental body set up in 1958[1] to oversee the electricity supply industry in England and Wales.

Electricity Council
Company typeState-owned government body
IndustryEnergy: Electricity
PredecessorCentral Electricity Authority
Founded1 January 1958
Defunct9 November 2001
FateIndustry privatisation
SuccessorElectricity Association
HeadquartersLondon,
UK
Area served
England and Wales
ServicesElectricity industry coordination and regulation
Number of employees
1257 (1989)

The council was established on 1 January 1958 to assume the coordinating and policy-making functions of the Central Electricity Authority (1955–7), which had in turn replaced the British Electricity Authority (1948–55). The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was also established in January 1958, as the body for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales.