Catalogue description Department of Energy: Electricity Division; Registered Files (B series)

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Details of EG 24
Reference: EG 24
Title: Department of Energy: Electricity Division; Registered Files (B series)
Description:

A significant number of the files in the series contain information on important issues such as emergency fuel policy, energy needs, endurance and obligation, and 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.

Date: 1976-1993
Former reference in its original department: B series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Energy, Electricity Division, 1974-1992
Access conditions: Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition:

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Accumulation dates: 1976-1993
Selection and destruction information: 3.1.4 Regulation and support of economic activity by government, including industry, services, agriculture, transport, energy, trade and employment
Accruals: This series is not accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

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). The Division's main responsibilities included developing and implementing energy policy in England and Wales, and in the EC context, as well as the environmental, technical and safety issues relating to the energy industry. The EL Division had responsibility for the Energy sector, ie Coal, Electricity, Atomic Energy, Oil and Gas, International Energy and Offshore Supplies.

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