Editing ScottishPower (section)

=== Foundation ===
[[File:Scottish Power 1990 Logo.gif|230px|thumb|Original ScottishPower logo]]

ScottishPower was formed in 1990, in preparation for the [[privatisation]] of the previously state-owned Scottish electricity industry the following year.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/nov/22/thatcher.politics1 A whole world sold on sell-offs] Guardian, 22 November 2000</ref> Previously the UK government had privatised the English and Welsh electricity industry by splitting the market into 12 regional electricity companies (RECs) and two power generators. However, in Scotland, the industry was already organised on an integrated generation, distribution, and supply basis, and this integration survived the privatisation to become a model for the rest of the United Kingdom. ScottishPower was largely formed from the bigger of the two Scottish electricity boards, the [[South of Scotland Electricity Board]], whilst the smaller, the [[North of Scotland Hydro Board]], eventually became part of the [[SSE plc|Scottish & Southern Energy Group]] (the nuclear power stations in Scotland were spun off into a third company, [[Scottish Nuclear]], which was not sold off with ScottishPower and [[Scottish Hydro Electric]], but was sold later as part of [[British Energy]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/sep/24/britishenergygroup.edf|title=British Energy: Background|date=24 September 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>