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Series
Department of Energy: Electricity Division: Registered Files (B series)
Catalogue reference: EG 24
What's it about?
EG 24
This series contains records mainly on emergency fuel policy; energy needs; preparations for the 1984 miners' and other strikes; privatisation; appointments to various industry boards and privatised companies; objectives for board chairmen;...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EG 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Energy: Electricity Division: Registered Files (B series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967; 1978-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records mainly on emergency fuel policy; energy needs; preparations for the 1984 miners' and other strikes; privatisation; appointments to various industry boards and privatised companies; objectives for board chairmen; Sizewell 'B' inquiry and exercises; electricity supply industry reviews; and legislative proposals and draft bills.
Other files include those detailing Policy on Nationalised Industry Board salaries, policy on oil burn, briefings on nuclear matters for the Select Committee on Energy inquiry, and input into Cabinet Office papers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records are arranged in former reference order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- B series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Energy, Electricity Division, 1974-1992
- Department of Trade and Industry, 1983-2007
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 153 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2026 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1976
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- 3.1.4 Regulation and support of economic activity by government, including industry, services, agriculture, transport, energy, trade and employment
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Prefix B was used by the Department of Energy (DoEn) Electricity Division prior to its absorption into the DTI. This division was transferred to the DTI's Electricity Division (EL).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12853763/
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