page_title: East Midlands Electricity
section_title: Supply area
hierarchical_section_title: East Midlands Electricity / Supply area
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Area Electricity Boards established by the Electricity Act 1947. Key: en:North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board South West Scotland Electricity Board South East Scotland Electricity Board North Western Electricity Board North Eastern Electricity Board Yorkshire Electricity Board en:Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board East Midlands Electricity Board South Wales Electricity Board Midlands Electricity Board Eastern Electricity Board South Western Electricity Board Southern Electricity Board en:London Electricity Board South Eastern Electricity Board
context_page_description: The East Midlands Electricity Board was formed in 1947 as one of the United Kingdom's twelve area electricity boards specified under the Electricity Act 1947. In 1990 it was floated on the stock market as East Midlands Electricity plc, which went through several changes of ownership.
context_section_description: The board covered a large area: from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, to Newport Pagnell (near modern-day Milton Keynes), in Buckinghamshire, and from Coventry in the west to Skegness in the east.
caption: UK supply areas
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