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{{Short description|English power supply company}}
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| name  = Northern Electric
| logo  = Northernelectriclogo.png
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| fate          = Acquired
| successor     = [[CE Electric UK|CE Electric]]
| foundation    = 1947
| defunct       = 1996
| location      = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| industry      = [[Electricity]]
| key_people    = 
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'''Northern Electric''' was an electricity supply and distribution company serving north east [[England]].

==History==
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]].

The assets of the board were transferred to Northern Electric plc in March 1990, and the company was privatised in December of the same year. At the end of 1996 the company was acquired by American corporation, [[MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company|CalEnergy]], which formed a subsidiary, [[CE Electric UK|CE Electric]] to manage Northern Electric.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/northern-electric-sparks-pounds-650m-us-bid-1360778.html Northern Electric sparks £650m US bid] The Independent, 29 October 1996</ref>

The company was split into supply and distribution arms under the [[Utilities Act 2000]]. In 2001, the supply business was disposed in an asset swap with [[RWE npower|npower]], exchanging the North East consumer business for the distribution arm of [[Yorkshire Electricity]].

The [[North East England]] distribution arm was retained by CE Electric, renamed Northern Electric Distribution Limited (NEDL) and merged with the newly acquired distribution arm of [[Yorkshire Electricity]], which was renamed Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd (YEDL) to form [[CE Electric UK]]. It is licensed as the [[distribution network operator]] for the [[North East England]] region by the [[Office of Gas and Electricity Markets]].

==See also==
*[[List of pre-nationalisation UK electric power companies#Companies merged into North Eastern Electricity Board (NEEB)|Companies merged into North Eastern Electricity Board (NEEB)]]
*[[Meter Point Administration Number]]
*[[Public electricity supplier]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ce-electricuk.com/page/index.cfm CE ElectricUK]

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[[Category:Electric power companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Former nationalised industries of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1990 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:1996 mergers and acquisitions]]