Electricity Commission (United Kingdom)

The Electricity Commission was a government department that oversaw the UK's electricity supply industry from 1919 until nationalisation in 1947. It considered standardization of frequency, regulations for overhead lines, the relative efficiency of gas and electricity and cases of interconnection overseas.

The first chairman was Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell, who served from 1919 to 1938. During his chairmanship the Central Electricity Board and the National Grid were established. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary notices-John Francis Cleverton Snell". IEEE. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  • Robert Millward, 'The Political Economy of Urban Utilities', in Daunton (ed.), Cambridge Urban History, 342-44.
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