• Source: North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973

    • The North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973 (c. xxxvi) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which gave powers to the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) to build the hydro electric station at Dinorwig in North Wales and associated purposes.


    Background


    The Central Electricity Generating Board had a statutory duty to develop and maintain an electricity supply in England and Wales. In order to meet increasing demand for electricity there was a need to construct and operate new works for generating electricity. This Act gave powers to the CEGB to build the hydro electric station at Dinorwig in North Wales.


    North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973


    The North Wales Hydro Electric Power Act 1973 received Royal Assent on 19 December 1973. Its long title is ‘An Act to confer powers upon the Central Electricity Generating Board for the construction and erection of works and a generating station in the county of Caernarvon and for the acquisition of lands and easements for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith; and for other purposes.’


    = Provisions

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    The Act comprises 58 Sections in five Parts, and five Schedules
    Part I : Preliminary

    Sections 1 to 6, short title, interpretation, application
    Part II: Works

    Sections 7 to 20, powers, roads, footpaths, accommodation
    Part III: Lands

    Sections 21 to 28, acquisitions, easements
    Part IV: Abstractions, impoundings and discharges

    Sections 29 to 46, powers to take water, abstraction, discharges
    Part V: Miscellaneous and general

    Sections 47 to 58, preservation, protection, arbitration, costs
    Schedules

    Schedule 1 – Part I and Part II Provisions of Water Act 1945
    Schedule 2 – Lands for possession
    Schedule 3 – Footpaths to be stopped up
    Schedule 4 – Description of land for generating station
    Schedule 5 – Land acquired for accommodation


    Effects of the act


    The Act empowered the CEGB to construct hydro electric generating station at Dinorwig. Construction took place from 1974 to 1984, the first generator came on line in February 1983. The generating plant comprises six 290 MW generators with a total net capability of 1728 MW.


    Current status


    Unknown.


    See also


    Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry
    North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1952
    North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1955


    References

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