Electricity Act 1989
The Electricity Act 1989 provided for the privatisation of the electricity supply industry in Great Britain and the establishment of a licensing regime and an industry regulator, the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER), which has since become Ofgem).
The full text of the act (in HTML chunks) can be found on the HMSO/OPSI website at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1989/Ukpga_19890029_en_1.htm
Important amendments made since 1989 include the following:
- The regulator's structure, its statutory duties and the licensing arrangements were varied by the Utilities Act 2000.
- The regulator's "concurrent" powers for the enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws were increased by the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002.
- The Energy Act 2004 provided for the introduction of a "GB system operator" and a GB-wide system of transmission access and energy settlement known as BETTA.
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