* Electricity Act 1947

The normal regulatory legislation such as the Companies Act, Electricity Act, Resource Management Act 1991, Commerce Act 1986, and Fair Trading Act 1986 provide the framework for regulating normal commercial and environmental transactions.

The government has increased the extent of intervention through the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998, which forced power companies to divest either their energy or their lines business, and the Electricity Amendment Act 2001.

* April 1998-Government announced the Electricity Reform Act 1998, which included:

It had its origins as the North Eastern Electricity Board, formed as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947.

In 2007, Christian Sapsizian, a former adjunct to the vicepresident of Alcatel for Latin America, pleaded guilty in the U. S. District Court of Miami to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by conspiring with Edgar Valverde ( the president of Alcatel in Costa Rica ) to bribe an " official " of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity ( ICE ) and a " senior government official " of Costa Rica.

In 1925 the works commenced after the passing of the Shannon Electricity Act, 1925 and by 1927 the project was at an advanced state.

The ESB was established by the fledgling Irish Free State government under the Electricity ( Supply ) Act, 1927 to manage Ireland's electricity supply after the successful Shannon Scheme at Ardnacrusha.

The process was greatly helped in 1955 by the Electricity Supply Amendment Act, 1955.

AusRegistry operates the Renewable Energy Certificates Registry under contract to the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator ( ORER ) a statutory authority established to administer the Australian Government's Renewable Energy ( Electricity ) Act 2000.

The production of electricity for supply to the national grid, by nuclear fission, is currently prohibited under Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 ( Section 18 ).

Weir consulted Merz, and the result was the Electricity ( Supply ) Act 1926, which recommended that a " national gridiron " supply system be created.

The 1926 Act created the Central Electricity Board, which set up the UK's first synchronised, nationwide AC grid, running at 132 kV, 50 Hz.

The grid was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, which also created the British Electricity Authority.

A qualified accountant, Mac Giolla was employed by the Irish Electricity Supply Board from 1947 until he went into full-time politics in 1977.

Electricity replaced water power between the wars, and the mill last worked in 1947.

It was created by means of the Electricity Act 1947.

The Electricity Commission was a government department that oversaw the UK's electricity supply industry from 1919 until nationalisation in 1947.

In 1947, Sir Charles Redvers Westlake ( an English engineer ) reported to the Colonial Government of Uganda recommending the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Owen Falls near the city of Jinja, which in turn led to the establishment of the Uganda Electricity Board ( UEB ), with Westlake as its first chairman.

The Board was originally formed in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947.

The CEB ceased to exist when the grid was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947 and taken over by the British Electricity Authority.

Electricity was provided in 1947 but mains water was not supplied until the 1950s.

In England and Wales the Central Electricity Generating Board was responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, with the 12 area electricity boards ( AEB ), formed under the Electricity Act 1947 being responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity to consumers.

Electricity was introduced to rural Kimble County in April 1945.

Electricity was introduced to Twickenham in 1902 and the first trams arrived the following year.

Electricity was introduced to Hughesville in 1891 along with running water.

Electricity, provided by Texas Power and Light, was introduced in 1939.

Electricity was introduced on September 20, 1894, by installing water wheels on the former site of Pliny Miller's mill.

Electricity has recently been introduced in some Mosuo communities, but many villages still lack electric power.

Electricity, piped water, and plumbing were introduced in the 1890s, and were first available in the downtown areas of the District of Columbia, including Capitol Hill.

Electricity was introduced to the town in 1930.

Electricity and telephone were introduced.

Electricity, radio and automobiles were first introduced in the 1950s except for Volos, which had those utilities from earlier times.

Electricity was only introduced in 1995 and there are several shops with beach fale accommodation for visitors.

Electricity was introduced to the town in 1938 ; being voted in by a small majority after Alan Allen campaigned on the benefits of electricity.

1999: Further government reforms were introduced by the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998.

Electricity first arrived to Manguinhos in the 1950s, when there was already a better road communication with the nearby capital ( then 30km away ).

Electricity retailers may wish to charge customers different tariffs at different times of the day to better reflect the costs of generation and transmission.

Only two fragments of the overall plan were ever realized: the Finlandia Hall concert hall ( 1976 ) fronting Töölö Bay, and an office building in the Kamppi district for the Helsinki Electricity Company ( 1975 ).

Electricity would remain little more than an intellectual curiosity for millennia until 1600, when the English scientist William Gilbert made a careful study of electricity and magnetism, distinguishing the lodestone effect from static electricity produced by rubbing amber.

In the late 18th century the Italian physician and anatomist Luigi Galvani marked the birth of electrochemistry by establishing a bridge between chemical reactions and electricity on his essay " De Viribus Electricitatis in Motu Musculari Commentarius " ( Latin for Commentary on the Effect of Electricity on Muscular Motion ) in 1791 where he proposed a " nerveo-electrical substance " on biological life forms.

Goodness recorded a version of " Electricity, Electricity " with Mike McCready using the pseudonym " Petster " on electric guitar for the Schoolhouse Rock!

In 2004 the World Bank estimated that US $ 12 billion would be needed for near-term restoration, and the Ministry of Electricity estimated that US $ 35 billion would be necessary to rebuild the system fully.

Electricity is transmitted in a closed circuit, and for essentially any practical purposes cannot be stored as electrical energy.

The referendum Electricity Without Nuclear asked for a decision on a nuclear power phase-out and Moratorium Plus asked about an extension of an existing law forbidding the building of new nuclear power plants.

Both were turned down: Moratorium Plus by a margin of 41. 6 % for and 58. 4 % opposed, and Electricity Without Nuclear by a margin of 33. 7 % for and 66. 3 % opposed.

Electricity was a new technology, and the limitations of direct current for effective distance was poorly understood, so failures were also possible because of the decrease in voltage when the torpedoes were too far from the batteries.

Josiah Willard Gibbs, who was exposed to quaternions through James Clerk Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, separated off their vector part for independent treatment.

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority is responsible for providing the country with electrical energy.

Electricity from Fontana was intended for Alcoa factories.

The economy is primarily driven by primary industry, natural resources and secondary industry including coal mining, processing and fossil-fuel power generation for the National Electricity Market.

The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation is responsible for electric supply to the city.

Electricity was cut off to parts of the island for several days.

** Electricity meter, a device for measuring electricity usage

* Hotel Electric Power Electricity generated and used aboard a ship for general purposes.

Electricity provided by sodium / mercury batteries ( with the sodium provided by extraction from seawater ) is the craft's primary power source for propulsion and other services.

With future land-use undecided, the NSW Electricity Commission began surveying the Apsley Valley for a hydro-electric scheme in the late 1970s.

Local stone was dug up for road metal and building material, a water supply channel was cut to Dandenong, and the State Electricity Commission obtained a power line easement.

Electricity came to the Taylorsville area during the early 1900s but had little effect on the life of most people who saw little use for it outside lighting their homes.