Central Electricity Board
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The Central Electricity Board was a UK public body responsible for developing and operating the national electricity grid and coordinating power generation before being replaced by later electricity authorities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Electricity Board canonical | 9 |
| Central Electricity Authority | 1 |
| Electricity Commissioners | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8137587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Electricity Board Context triple: [British Electricity Authority, precededBy, Central Electricity Board]
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A.
Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board was the state-owned body responsible for electricity generation and bulk transmission in England and Wales from the late 1950s until privatization in the early 1990s.
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B.
British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority was the nationalized body responsible for generating and supplying electricity in Great Britain in the early post-World War II period.
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C.
Electricity Supply Board
Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
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D.
Midlands Electricity Board
The Midlands Electricity Board was a regional public utility in the United Kingdom responsible for distributing and supplying electricity across the Midlands region before the privatization of the electricity industry.
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E.
East Midlands Electricity Board
East Midlands Electricity Board was a regional electricity supplier in the United Kingdom responsible for distributing and retailing electric power across the East Midlands area before industry privatization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Electricity Board Target entity description: The Central Electricity Board was a UK public body responsible for developing and operating the national electricity grid and coordinating power generation before being replaced by later electricity authorities.
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A.
Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board was the state-owned body responsible for electricity generation and bulk transmission in England and Wales from the late 1950s until privatization in the early 1990s.
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B.
British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority was the nationalized body responsible for generating and supplying electricity in Great Britain in the early post-World War II period.
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C.
Electricity Supply Board
Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
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D.
Midlands Electricity Board
The Midlands Electricity Board was a regional public utility in the United Kingdom responsible for distributing and supplying electricity across the Midlands region before the privatization of the electricity industry.
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E.
East Midlands Electricity Board
East Midlands Electricity Board was a regional electricity supplier in the United Kingdom responsible for distributing and retailing electric power across the East Midlands area before industry privatization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electricity authority
ⓘ
public body ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CEB ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
municipal electricity undertakings
ⓘ
private electricity companies ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolution | 1948 ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ |
| gridCoverage | most of Great Britain ⓘ |
| gridName | national grid ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| historicalRole | precursor of post-war nationalised electricity industry in Britain ⓘ |
| inception | 1926 ⓘ |
| industry | electric power industry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Great Britain ⓘ |
| legacy | foundation of modern British transmission system ⓘ |
| legalForm | statutory corporation ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
bulk purchase of electricity
ⓘ
construction of main transmission lines ⓘ coordination of power generation ⓘ development of a national electricity grid ⓘ operation of a national electricity grid ⓘ standardisation of electricity supply ⓘ |
| notableWork | creation of the national grid in Great Britain ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
England
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Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| ownedBy | UK government ⓘ |
| parentLegalAct | Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 ⓘ |
| regulated | electricity supply undertakings ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
British Electricity Authority
ⓘ
area electricity boards ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
closing or downgrading inefficient power stations
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interconnection of power stations by high-voltage lines ⓘ national grid system in Great Britain ⓘ selection of efficient generating stations ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | late 1920s ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 reforms
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linked to:
Electricity (Supply) Act 1926
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| supervised |
construction of grid substations
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standardisation of frequency at 50 Hz ⓘ standardisation of voltage levels ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II era
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interwar period ⓘ |
| usedVoltageLevel | 132 kV transmission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Central Electricity Board Description of subject: The Central Electricity Board was a UK public body responsible for developing and operating the national electricity grid and coordinating power generation before being replaced by later electricity authorities.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.