Southern Electric

Southern Electric plc was a public limited energy company in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998, when it merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc to form Scottish and Southern Energy plc (now SSE plc). Since then, its "Southern Electric" name and logo have continued to be used by SSE as a brand name for retail distribution of gas and electricity in the south of England.

Southern Electric plc
Public
FateAcquired
SuccessorScottish and Southern Energy
Founded1990
Defunct1998
HeadquartersReading, UK
ProductsGas and electricity
Websitewww.southern-electric.co.uk

The company had its origins in the southern England region of the British nationalised electricity industry. Created in 1948 as the Southern Electricity Board, in 1990 it was privatised by being floated on the London Stock Exchange.

History

The company originated as the Southern Electricity Board, created in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947. The board's assets passed to Southern Electric plc in 1990, one of the fourteen public electricity suppliers, and was privatised in the same year. In 1998 the company merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc and became part of Scottish and Southern Energy.[1]

Southern Electricity Board

The key people on the Board were: Chairman Henry Nimmo (1948–54),[2] Chairman R.R.B. Brown (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman W.B. Poulter (1964, 1967), Full time member A. W. Bunch (1967).[3]

The total number of customers supplied by the board was:[4][5]

Customers supplied by the Southern Electricity Board
Year 1948/9 1960/1 1965/6 1970/1 1975/6 1978/9 1980/1 1985/6 1987/8 1988/9
No. of Customers, 1000s 876 1429 1616 1829 1993 2095 2150 2312 2386 2424


The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by the Southern Electricity Board over its operational life was:[4][5]

Operations

The Southern Electric name continued to be used as a brand name by SSE plc for supplying gas and electricity in England and by Southern Electric Power Distribution PLC the Distribution Network Operator in the south of England, although it has now mainly been phased out in favour of the SSE brand.
In April 2013 the UK electricity market regulator OFGEM fined Southern Electric £10.5 million for breaches of conduct in relation to mis-selling, from the top of the business down[6]

See also

References
  1. Two electric suppliers in Britain to merge New York Times, 2 September 1998
  2. "Obituary Henry Nimmo (p. 10)". The Times. 26 October 1954.
  3. The Electricity Council publicity brochures 1964 and 1967
  4. The Electricity Council (1980). Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1979. London: The Electricity Council. pp. 58 63. ISBN 0851880762.
  5. The Electricity Council (1990). Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1989. London: The Electricity Council. pp. 51 56. ISBN 085188122X.
  6. Ofgem fines SSE £10.5m for mis-selling
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