Editing NORWEB (section)

===Nationalised industry===
The board was originally formed in 1948, as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the [[Electricity Act 1947]]. 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 to customers. The key people on the board were: Chairman R. F. Richardson (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman F. Linley (1964, 1967), full-time member  J. W. K. Evans (1967).<ref>''Electricity Council publicity brochure'' 1964 and 1967</ref>

The total number of customers supplied by the board was as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Electricity Council|title=Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1979|publisher=Electricity Council|year=1980|isbn=0851880762|location=London|pages=58 63}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Electricity Council|title=Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1989|publisher=Electricity Council|year=1990|isbn=085188122X|location=London|pages=51 56}}</ref>
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|+Norweb 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, ('000s)
|1,259
|1,671
|1,793
|1,850
|1,914
|1,960
|1,979
|2,037
|2,065
|2,080
|}

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