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{{Infobox company
| industry = Electricity supply
| founded = 1901
| defunct = 31 March 1948
| fate = Nationalisation
| successor = British Electricity Authority, East Midlands Electricity Board
| area_served = Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
| products = Electricity
}}
The '''Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Company Limited''' provided electricity to consumers in the English midland counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Electricity was supplied by the company from 1904 until its abolition upon the nationalization of the electricity supply industry in 1948.
== Foundation ==
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| short_title           = Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1901
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Company.
| year                  = 1901
| citation              = [[1 Edw. 7]]. c. cxxi
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| royal_assent          = 26 July 1901
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1902}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to amend the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1901.
| year                  = 1902
| citation              = [[2 Edw. 7]]. c. xvii
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| royal_assent          = 28 April 1902
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The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Company Limited was incorporated in 1901.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bloomfield |first=G. T. |title=The East Midlands Electricity Board Area Regional and Local Electricity Systems in Britain |url=https://bpb-ca-c1.wpmucdn.com/sites.uoguelph.ca/dist/1/170/files/2023/02/EL-EMEB-mp.pdf |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Its legal powers derived from the provisions of the '''{{visible anchor|Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1901}}''' ([[1 Edw. 7]]. c. cxxi). Its aim was to supply electricity throughout the counties of [[Derbyshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]]. The company was one of the pioneering power companies that were founded from around 1900. This new type of enterprise operated at a larger scale at county and regional level, rather than the local authority areas of earlier electricity undertakings.<ref name=":0" /> Specifically the 1901 act authorised the company to erect power stations at Colwick near Nottingham; Warsop and Trowell near Ilkeston; and Newbold and Dunston near Chesterfield.<ref name=":0" />
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| short_title           = Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1904
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to confer further powers upon the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Electric Power Company and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1904
| citation              = [[4 Edw. 7]]. c. lxxvii
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| royal_assent          = 22 July 1904
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1906
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
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| year                  = 1906
| citation              = [[6 Edw. 7]]. c. xlvii
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| royal_assent          = 4 August 1906
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The company obtained further powers under the '''{{visible anchor|Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1904}}''' ([[4 Edw. 7]]. c. lxxvii).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1904 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Edw7/4/77/pdfs/ukla_19040077_en.pdf |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> This enabled the company to apply for provisional orders to provide an electricity supply in specified areas. Further powers were granted under the '''{{visible anchor|Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1906}}''' ([[6 Edw. 7]]. c. xlvii).
== Ilkeston power station ==
The company built a power station at [[Ilkeston]] and began supplying electricity in July 1904.<ref name=":0" /> By 1915 the plant at Ilkeston comprised: two 500 HP (373&nbsp;kW) and one 160 HP (119&nbsp;kW) engines coupled to two generators and one dynamo; one 2.5 MW steam turbine; one 0.7 MW steam alternator; one 1 MW turbo-generator; and two 250&nbsp;kW converters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garcke |first=Emile |title=Manual of Electrical undertakings, 1914-15 Vol 18 |publisher=Electrical Press Limited |year=1916 |location=London |pages=372}}</ref>
== Acquisition ==
In 1912 the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Company's entire share and loan capital was acquired by the '''Tramway Light and Power Company Limited'''. This company was founded in 1912 by the engineer [[George Balfour (Conservative politician)|George Balfour]] to acquire the assets and operating rights of electricity undertakings.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire company, it acquired the neighbouring [[Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company Limited]], the Midland Electric Light and Power Company, plus several traction or tramway companies. The Tramway Light and Power Company was renamed the '''Midland Counties Electric Supply Company''' in 1921, see [[Midland Electric Light and Power Company Limited]].<ref name=":0" />
== Spondon power station ==
In 1922 the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Company acquired the Spondon power station from [[British Celanese]]. Operating parameters of the company's two stations are summarised in the table.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ilkeston and Spondon plant 1923<ref>{{Cite book |last=Electricity Commission |title=Electricity Supply 1920-22 |publisher=HMSO |year=1925 |location=London |pages=E156-59, F400-05.}}</ref>
!Power  station
!Ilkeston
!Spondon
|-
|Consumer  voltage
|3-phase,  25&nbsp;Hz, 440 &250 Volt AC
460  & 230 V DC
|3-phase,  50&nbsp;Hz, 6.6 kV, AC
|-
|Boiler  plant lb/hr
|85,500
|210,000
|-
|Generators
|1  × 0.75 MW AC
1  × 0.75 MW AC
1×  1.0 MW AC
1  × 2.5 MW AC
1  × 0.1 MW DC
1  × 0.3 MW DC
[Total  5 MW]
|2  × 6 MW
[Total  12 MW]
|-
|Maximum  load MW
|3,189
| rowspan="3" |Included  in Ilkeston
|-
|Number  of connections
|13,765
|-
|Electricity  sold MWh
|7,708
|}
{{anchor|Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1929}}
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| short_title           = Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1929
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to authorise the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Company to raise additional capital to confer further powers upon the Company and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1929
| citation              = [[19 & 20 Geo. 5]]. c. lxxxvi
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| royal_assent          = 10 May 1929
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The Ilkeston station was decommissioned in the late 1920s. The company obtained further powers under the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1929 ([[19 & 20 Geo. 5]]. c. lxxxvi).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Act 1929 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/19-20/86/pdfs/ukla_19290086_en.pdf |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> This increased the monies that the company may use on the operation and construction of new plant.
The [[National Grid (Great Britain)|National Grid]] was constructed from 1927. A 132 kV circuit provided an export route from Spondon to the wider region. The circuit comprised Hams Hill, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham, Burton-on-Trent and Spondon.<ref name=":0" />
By 1937 the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire company was operating as a power company, by generating, or otherwise acquiring, electric current for local undertakings. The extent of the electricity generation and supply is shown in the following tables.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Spondon power station operations 1937<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Electricity Commission |title=Electricity Supply 1937-38 |publisher=HMSO |year=1939 |location=London |pages=E176-79, F480-85}}</ref>
!Parameter
!Value
|-
|Consumer  voltage
|3-phase,  50&nbsp;Hz, 11 & 6.6 kV, 460 &230 Volt AC
460  & 230 V DC
11,000  V AC Traction
|-
|Boiler  plant lb/hr
|1,170, 000
|-
|Generators
|2  × 6.0 MW AC
1  × 12.0 MW AC
1×  15.0 MW AC
1  × 25.0 MW AC
2  × 30.0 MW AC
[Total  124 MW]
|-
|Maximum  load MW
|90,200
|-
|Number  of connections
|206,861
|-
|Number  of consumers
|58,332
|-
|Electricity  sold MWh
|325,623
|}
The electricity undertakings supplied by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Company in 1937 are shown on the table.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Undertakings supplied by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Company 1937<ref name=":1" />
!Authorized undertaker
!Sales MWh
!Sales £
|-
|Ashbourne
|53
|716
|-
|Bakewell
|1,866
|18,079
|-
|Beeston
|2,994
|37,256
|-
|Belper
|694
|9,307
|-
|East Notts
|4,347
|41,489
|-
|Hartington Upper Quarter &  Kingsterndale
|1,892
|7,199
|-
|Heanor
|2,484
|33,018
|-
|Ilkeston
|1,810
|21,439
|-
|Matlock
|1,387
|16,350
|-
|Misterton
|142
|1,522
|-
|North Derbyshire
|843
|10,156
|-
|Shardlow
|803
|9,572
|-
|Sutton-in-Ashfield
|3,092
|40,855
|-
|West Derbyshire
|1,114
|13,023
|-
|Power Undertaker
|302,112
|603,423
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''325,633'''
|'''863,371'''
|}
Spondon power station operations in the final years of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Power Company are as shown in the table.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Spondon power station operations 1946-48<ref>Electricity Commission, London, ''Generation of Electricity in Great Britain year ended 31 December 1946'',  p.8,</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Garcke’s Manual of Electricity Supply, 1950-51 Vol 48 |publisher=Electrical Press Limited |year=1951 |location=London |pages=A-103–04}}</ref>
!Year
!1946
!1947
!1948
|-
|Maximum load MW
|166.3
|164.3
|161
|-
|Electricity supplied MWh
|879,734
|859,584
|787,027
|-
|Running hours
|
|
|8,784
|}
== Abolition ==
The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Company Limited was abolished on 31 March 1948 under the provisions of the [[Electricity Act 1947]] which nationalized the British electricity supply industry. The generating plant was vested in the [[British Electricity Authority]] and the distribution infrastructure in the [[East Midlands Electricity|East Midlands Electricity Board]].<ref name=":2" />
Generation of electricity at Spondon power station continued until it closed on 1 October 1982.<ref>CEGB, London, ''Statistical Yearbook 1981''-82, p.7</ref> For further details see [[Derwent Power Station]].
== See also ==
* [[Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry]]
* [[List of pre-nationalisation UK electric power companies]]
* [[Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company Limited]]
* [[Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Defunct electric power companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Electric power companies of England]]