History
The key people on the board were: Charles George Morley New (d.1957) (1948–55), Chairman Harold V. Pugh (1964), E. Sinnott (1967), Deputy Chairman E. Sinnott (1964), A. G. Milne (1967), full-time member E. Peel (1964, 1967). The board acquired the then
Princes Hotel) on the seafront in
Hove,
East Sussex, and converted it to a headquarters. The building was refurbished and substantially extended between 1979 and 1981.
Existing electricity suppliers taken over at nationalisation The
Electricity (Allocation of Undertakings to Area Boards) Order 1948 (
SI 1948/484) transferred the electricity business of the following local authorities and private companies to the new board effective 31 March 1948.
Local authorities • Ashford Urban District Council • Bexhill Corporation • Brighton Corporation • Canterbury Corporation • Croydon Corporation • Dover Corporation • Eastbourne Corporation • East Grinstead Urban District Council • Epsom and Ewell Corporation • Faversham Corporation • Gillingham Corporation Gravesend Corporation • Guildford Corporation • Hastings Corporation • Horsham Urban District Council • Hove Corporation • Kingston-upon-Thames Corporation •
London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority • Maidstone Corporation • Margate, Broadstairs and District Electricity Board • Reigate Corporation • Tonbridge Urban District Council • Tunbridge Wells Corporation • Walton and Weybridge Urban District Council • Worthing Corporation
Private companies • Burgess Hill Electricity • Central Sussex Electricity • Folkestone Electricity Supply Company • Guildford Gas Light Coke Company • Herne Bay District Electricity Supply Company • Horley District Electricity Supply Company • Kent Electric Power Company • Lewes District Electric Supply Company • Peacehaven Electric Light Power Company • Ramsgate District Electric Supply Company • Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light Power Company • Ringmer and District Electricity Company • Seaford and Newhaven Electricity • Sevenoaks and District Electricity Company • Sheerness and District Electric Supply Company • Shoreham and District Electric Lighting Power Company • South-East Kent Electric Power Company • Steyning Electricity • Sussex Electricity Supply Company • Uckfield Gas and Electricity Company • Weald Electricity Supply Company • West Kent Electric Company • Whitstable Electric Company • Woking Electric Supply Company ==Customer data==
Customer data
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