SWEB Energy

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SWEB Energy, formerly South Western Electricity Board (SWEB) was a British state-owned regional electricity company operating in South West England which was privatised by the Thatcher government. Although sold many times, the 'SWEB' brand name survived until 2006.

The distribution network operator for the former SWEB area is now National Grid Electricity Distribution. The incumbent electricity retail company is EDF Energy.

South Western Electricity Board (SWEB)

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The board was responsible for the purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The key people on the board were: Chairman A.N. Irens (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman S.F.C. Whitmore (1964, 1967), and full-time member C.E. Knight (1964, 1967).<ref>Electricity Council Publicity brochures 1964 and 1967</ref>

The total number of customers supplied by the board over its operational life was:<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>

Number of SWEB customers 1949–89

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	506	789	890	960	1040	1084	1107	1169	1206	1227

The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by South Western Electricity Board was:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><graph>{ "version": 2, "width": 600, "height": 200, "data": [ { "name": "table", "values": [ { "x": 1949, "y": 1173 }, { "x": 1956, "y": 2349 }, { "x": 1961, "y": 3647 }, { "x": 1966, "y": 5704 }, { "x": 1967, "y": 6124 }, { "x": 1968, "y": 6797 }, { "x": 1969, "y": 7309 }, { "x": 1970, "y": 7755 }, { "x": 1971, "y": 8325 }, { "x": 1972, "y": 9030 }, { "x": 1976, "y": 9441 }, { "x": 1978, "y": 9816 }, { "x": 1979, "y": 10206 }, { "x": 1980, "y": 10280 }, { "x": 1981, "y": 10100 }, { "x": 1982, "y": 10817 }, { "x": 1987, "y": 11508 }, { "x": 1988, "y": 11703 }, { "x": 1989, "y": 11950 } ] } ], "scales": [ { "name": "x", "type": "ordinal", "range": "width", "zero": false, "domain": { "data": "table", "field": "x" } }, { "name": "y", "type": "linear", "range": "height", "nice": true, "domain": { "data": "table", "field": "y" } } ], "axes": [ { "type": "x", "scale": "x" }, { "type": "y", "scale": "y" } ], "marks": [ { "type": "rect", "from": { "data": "table" }, "properties": { "enter": { "x": { "scale": "x", "field": "x" }, "y": { "scale": "y", "field": "y" }, "y2": { "scale": "y", "value": 0 }, "fill": { "value": "steelblue" }, "width": { "scale": "x", "band": "true", "offset": -1 } } } } ] }</graph>

Company timeline

In 1990, SWEB Energy was formed from the privatisation of the South Western Electricity Board.<ref>Restructuring and Privatisation of Electricity Distribution and Supply Businesses in England and Wales: A Social Cost–Benefit Analysis</ref>

In 1995, SWEB Energy was bought by the American utility Southern Company.

In 1999, the company was bought by the PPL Corporation distribution company Western Power Distribution and was split into two. Western Power itself (officially known as WPD South West) dealt with the local distribution, metering and substations, and the 'SWEB' brand name was continued as a retail energy utility.

In June 1999, SWEB was sold to French-owned EDF Energy.<ref>French beat British Energy again with £160m Sweb deal, The Independent, Jun.12.1999</ref> The acquisition was authorised by the European Commission in Jul.1999.<ref>Commission clears acquisition of SWEB (United Kingdom) by EdF (France), European Commission, Press Release, Jul.20.1999</ref> EDF discontinued the 'SWEB' brand name on 5 June 2006.

External links

• EDF Energy's Fuel Mix for 2006
• HISTELEC NEWS, South Western Electricity Historical Society documents