London Electricity Board

The board was formed as the London Electricity Board (LEB) on 1 April 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947. The LEB was privatised in 1990 under the Electricity Act 1989, as London Electricity plc. The company was acquired by Entergy, a US company, in 1996 and then by Électricité de France in November 1998. It then traded under the name EDF Energy Networks as did the South Eastern and Eastern distribution companies also owned by EDF, until EDF sold them all under the name UK Power Networks to Hong Kong based investors in 2010. Notable employees of the business include former prime minister John Major and the former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey. Chairmen of the LEB • 1948–1956, Henry John Randall (born 30 December 1894 London, died 5 May 1967 Buckinghamshire), previously managing director of the City of London Electric Lighting Company. • 1956–1968, David Blair Irving (born 9 November 1903, died 9 June 1986) • 1986–1990, John Wilson Local authorities • Barking Corporation • Barnes Corporation • Battersea Borough Council • Beckenham Corporation • Bermondsey Borough Council • Bethnal Green Borough Council • Bexley Corporation • Bromley Corporation • Dartford Corporation • East Ham Corporation • Erith Corporation • Fulham Borough Council • Hackney Borough Council • Hammersmith Borough Council • Hampstead Borough Council • llford Corporation • Islington Borough Council • Leyton Corporation • Poplar Borough Council • St. Marylebone Borough Council • St. Pancras Borough Council • Shoreditch Borough Council • Southwark Borough Council • Stepney Borough Council • Stoke Newington Borough Council • Walthamstow Corporation • West Ham Corporation • Willesden Corporation • Wimbledon Corporation • Woolwich Borough Council Private companies • Central London Electricity • Chislehurst Electric Supply Company • City of London Electric Lighting Company • County of London Electric Supply Company • Foots Cray Electricity Supply Company • London Electric Supply Corporation • London Power Company • Notting Hill Electric Lighting Company • South London Electric Supply Corporation • South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company == Electricity sales ==