Citrine strengthened the TUC's influence over the Attlee government's policy of nationalisation and served on the National Coal Board and served as chairman of the Central Electricity Board 1947 & ndash; 57.
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The United Kingdom "'Central Electricity Board "'was set up under "'The Electricity ( Supply ) Act 1926 "'to standardise the nation's Andrew Duncan.
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A Parliamentary report by Lord Weir led to The Electricity ( Supply ) Act 1926 ( repealed 1989 ), which created the Central Electricity Board and the National Grid operating at 132 kV ( 50 Hz ).
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John Hacking, chief engineer of the Central Electricity Board, backed NESCo because if the scheme were declined, and consent and new arrangements had to be made, they would have no new plant in operation until after 1948.
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The Central Electricity Board, which sent 20 technicians to Rodriques, said it would be five weeks before power could be restored to the entire island that is 18 kilometers ( 11 miles ) long and 8 kilometers ( 5 miles ) wide.
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Various State facilities and services are found in the village : The District Court of Savanne; the southern section of the Central Water Authority and the Central Electricity Board; the Southern section of the National Transport Corporation; a recently built modern hospital ( which replaced the old Souillac hospital ).
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Work on a similar shelter was planned at Post Office station ( renamed St Paul's in 1937 ) but was cancelled; the lift shafts that were made redundant when the station was given escalators in January 1939 were converted for use as a protected control centre for the Central Electricity Board.
