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The twelve regional electricity companies of England and Wales were sold in December 1990, an offer more than ten times subscribed.
Round the map, 2-2-3-2-3: London and SEEBOARD; Southern and South Western; Eastern, East Midlands and Midlands; South Wales and Manweb; Yorkshire, Northern and NORWEB.
The two 1947 boards covering the County of London and the counties around it to the south-east: Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
The 1947 Southern board, from Berkshire and Hampshire to Wiltshire, and the South Western board, from Bristol to Cornwall.
Three 1947 boards: East Anglia and the counties north of London, the East Midlands, and the West Midlands including Birmingham.
South Wales had its own board; north Wales shared one with Merseyside, Liverpool included.
Three 1947 boards for Yorkshire, the north-east from Durham to Northumberland, and the north-west including Manchester and Cumberland.
Can you name them all?
Test yourselfThe twelve regional electricity companies of England and Wales were sold in December 1990, an offer more than ten times subscribed.
Eastern Electricity, East Midlands Electricity, London Electricity, Manweb, Midlands Electricity, Northern Electric, NORWEB, SEEBOARD, Southern Electric, South Wales Electricity, South Western Electricity and Yorkshire Electricity.
Round the map, 2-2-3-2-3: London and SEEBOARD; Southern and South Western; Eastern, East Midlands and Midlands; South Wales and Manweb; Yorkshire, Northern and NORWEB.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them The Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1990 (SI 1990/263), on 3 October 2026. Next review by 28 September 2028.
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