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The British gas industry was privatised in 1986 under the provisions of the Gas Act 1986. [10] The Act abolished the British Gas Corporation and established British Gas plc. The 1986 Act also established a licensing regime, a Gas Consumers’ Council, and a regulator for the industry called the Office of Gas Supply (OFGAS). [10]
In the beginning of the 1900s, the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms. At this time the use of a flammable gas (often known as "town gas") piped to houses as a fuel was still being marketed to consumers, by such means as the National Gas Congress and Exhibition in 1913.
Gas del Estado (1992) – national gas company partitioned and sold, among others, to the Spanish Gas Natural company Naturgy. Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (water company, 1992–93) - given under concession to the French conglomerate Suez , which operated it under the name Aguas Argentinas; re-nationalized in 2006 as Aguas y Saneamientos ...
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2021 In November 2020, the British government announced that AWE plc, operator of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, would become wholly owned by the Ministry of Defence from June 2021. [97] [98] 2021 Probation services in England and Wales for low- and medium-risk offenders brought back under public control after being privatised in 2014. [99 ...
The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for ...
Nationalised companies (controlled by HM Government and reporting to the Ministry of Power) Industry: Utilities (energy: gas) Predecessor: 1812 (as the Gas Light and Coke Company and various others) Founded: 1 May 1949 (by the Gas Act 1948) Defunct: 31 December 1972: Fate: Reorganisation under the Gas Act 1972: Successor: British Gas ...
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