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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 ...
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 ...
In 1949, under the Gas Act 1948 the ownership of the company transferred to a government agency, North Thames Gas Board. [6] The various area gas boards were merged into the national British Gas Corporation in 1973. The Gas Act 1986 sold the company to private investors as British Gas plc. [7]
In the US, private prison facilities housed 12.3% of all federal prisoners and 5.8% of state prisoners in 2001. Contracts for these private prisons regulate prison conditions and operation, but the nature of running a prison requires a substantial exercise of discretion. Private prisons are more exposed to liability than state run prisons. [4]
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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 ...
A natural gas glut in the US has sent prices for the commodity tumbling to multi-decade lows, down 43% over the past year.At West Texas's key trading spot, the Waha Hub, prices have been negative ...