165:, this included all rights of distribution of electricity in the area. From this time the JEA was effectively the North Wales Power Company. The Power company developed several hydro-power stations and extended transmission lines to towns and industrial areas. The Power Company under the supervision of the Joint Electricity Authority, controlled generation and transmission and supplied electricity to local undertakings in the area with the exception of Chester. Upon abolition in 1948 the joint electricity authority’s generating plant and transmission systems were devolved to the
46:. The act provided for the commissioners to constitute Electricity Districts and, where appropriate, to establish joint electricity authorities (JEAs), 'to provide or secure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity', with the agreement of the electricity undertakings concerned. The aim of the joint authorities was to produce electricity more economically by inter-connecting power stations and transmission systems on a regional basis. The Joint Authority would acquire all the power stations in the area and build large, efficient and economic super-stations.
22:(JEAs) were statutory bodies established in the United Kingdom in the 1920s which aimed to provide a low-cost and abundant supply of electricity to consumers. This was to be achieved by constructing and operating power stations, and electricity transmission and distribution systems on a coordinated basis in regional Electricity Districts overseen by the joint electricity authorities.
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223:(1932). The JEA's stations were linked through a system operating at 33 kV. On 1 October 1938 the JEA took over Shrewsbury power station. The JEA's principal office was at Phoenix Buildings, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton. Upon abolition in 1948 the JEA's assets were transferred to the Midlands Electricity Board and the British Electricity Authority.
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British Electricity Authority. The electricity distribution and sales functions devolved to one or more of the new regional electricity boards.
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