page_title: Central Electricity Generating Board
section_title: Constitution
hierarchical_section_title: Central Electricity Generating Board / Corporate structure / Constitution
caption_attribution_description: English: Power In Trust sculpture
context_page_description: The Central Electricity Generating Board was responsible for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales from 1958 until privatisation of the electricity industry in the 1990s.
  It was established on 1 January 1958 to assume the functions of the Central Electricity Authority, which had in turn replaced the British Electricity Authority. The Electricity Council was also established in January 1958, as the coordinating and policy-making body for the British electricity supply industry.
context_section_description: The CEGB was established by section 2 of the Electricity Act 1957. It consisted of a Generating Board comprising a chairman and seven to nine full-time or part-time members, appointed by the Minister of Power, who had experience or capacity in "the generation or supply of electricity, industrial, commercial or financial matters, applied science, administration, or the organisation of workers". The power of appointment later devolved to the Minister of Technology, then to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
  There were six chairmen of the CEGB:
  Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside, served from 1957 to 1964,
  Sir Stanley Brown served from 1965 to 1972,
  Sir Arthur Hawkins from 1972 to 1977,
  Glyn England from 1977 to 1982,
  Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring from 1982 to 1989,
  Gil Blackman was appointed chairman in January 1989 until 1990.
  The executive comprised the chairman and the full-time board members. The Headquarters Operations Department provided a service to the board and executive and could supply specialist staff.
  The chairman and two other members of the board plus the chairmen of the area boards were members of the Electricity Council.
caption: Power in Trust (1961) by Norman Sillman, at Staythorpe Power Station
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