West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority
Company typePublic Company
IndustryElectricity generation and supply
Founded21 December 1925
Defunct31 March 1948
SuccessorBritish Electricity Authority, Midlands Electricity Board
HeadquartersWolverhampton
Area served
Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

The West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority was a United Kingdom statutory body established in 1925 with the responsibility to "provide or secure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity” in the Midland counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The Authority acquired electricity in bulk from electricity undertakings for distribution, and operated power stations. The Authority was abolished upon nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948.

Background

The Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 100) established the statutory body of the Electricity Commissioners ‘to promote, regulate and supervise the supply of electricity’ under the direction of the Board of Trade.[1] The Act provided for the Commissioners to constitute electricity districts and, where necessary, to establish joint electricity authorities (JEAs), ‘to provide or secure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity’, with the agreement of the electricity undertakings concerned.[1] The aim of the joint authorities was to produce electricity more economically by inter-connecting power stations and transmission systems. The authority would acquire all the power stations in the area and build large, efficient and economic super-stations. In the event only four joint authorities were established: the London and Home Counties JEA; the North Wales & South Cheshire JEA; the North West Midlands JEA; and the West Midlands JEA.[1]

West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

The West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority was formally established on 21 December 1925 by the West Midlands Electricity District Order 1925 made under section 7 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919.[2] The district covered an area of about 1,000 square miles, including most of Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The JEA included representatives of the Midland Electricity Corporation; Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, Cannock and Shrewsbury councils; colliery owners; railway companies; and electricity industry workers.[2] In June 1927 the West Midlands JEA offered for sale £2 million of stock on the stock market, which was used to purchase the generating stations and transmission lines in the district.[3] In late 1927 the West Midlands JEA acquired four power stations: Ocker Hill formerly operated by the Midland Electric Corporation for Power Distribution; the 30 MW Wolverhampton power station; the 28 MW Walsall Birchills power station; and the 6.65 MW West Bromwich station. The JEA built the 200 MW Ironbridge A power station (commissioned 1932). However, there was local opposition to the proposal for Ironbrige, landowners in Buildwas opposed the compulsory purchase of land.[4] A local inquiry was held where changes to the area were put forward. Further objections resulted in another local inquiry. Formal consent was only granted in August 1928.[4] The JEA's stations were linked through a transmission system operating at 33 kV. On 1 October 1938 the JEA took over Shrewsbury power station from the local authority. The interconnected power stations enabled the JEA to reduce the wholesale price of electricity by one-third between 1930 and 1936.[4]

Operating statistics

The electricity sold by the generating stations and purchased by the WMJEA was as shown.

Electricity transmission 1922-26[3]
Year Electricity transferred, MWh
1922 58,981
1923 73,809
1924 91,368
1925 106,479
1927 122,895

In 1937 the key engineering and financial statistics for the WMJEA was as follows.

The capacity and output of the individual stations of the WMJEA in 1937 was as shown.

WMJEA Generating statistics, 1937[5]
Ironbridge Ocker Hill Walsall Wolverhampton
Boiler plant, lb/hr 1,175,000 540,000 314,000 460,000
Generators, MW 2 × 50 1 × 3.0

2 × 3.2

4 × 5.5

1 × 13.2

1 × 5.0

2 × 6.25

3 × 5.0

2 × 7.5

Total, MW 100.0 44.0 17.5 30.0
Electricity generated, MWh 398,740 2,950 12,718 10,553

The output of the individual WMJEA power stations over time was as shown.

WMJEA electricity generation, 1937-48[5][6]
Ironbridge Ocker Hill Shrewsbury Walsall Wolverhampton
1937 398,740 2,950 Not WMJEA 12,718 10,553
1946 841,859 22,889 331,275 13,212 125,271
1947 719,244 31,314 194,065 30,849 140,008
1948 685,148 184,221 194,091 28,893 99,860

The West Midlands JEA's principal office was at Phoenix Buildings, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton.[2]

The West Midlands JEA was considered to have been successful. It took over the operation of power stations in its area and built a large-scale station at Ironbridge all of which were interconnected with high voltage transmission lines.[1]

In the year ending 31 December 1947, the last full year of its operation, the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority generated 977,571 MWh, purchased 1,045,019 MWh and sold 1025163 MWh with a value of £2,841,390 to 26,058 consumers. The gross operating surplus was £484,607. [7]

Abolition

The West Midlands JEA was abolished on 31 March 1948 under the provisions of the Electricity Act 1947 which nationalised British electricity supply industry.[8] The WMJEA’s assets were split between the British Electricity Authority (generation and transmission) and the Midlands Electricity Board (distribution).[8][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hannah, Leslie (1979). Electricity before nationalisation. London: Macmillan. pp. 73–5, 80–87. ISBN 0333220862.
  2. ^ a b c "The history of electricity supply in the area". Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority". The Times. 15 June 1927. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b c Bloomfield, GT. "The Midlands Electricity Board Area" (PDF). pp. 16, 18, 24, 30. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b Electricity Commission (1938). Electricity Supply 1937-38. London: HMSO. pp. E298-301, F674-9, 1938.
  6. ^ a b Garcke’s Manual of Electricity Supply, 1950-51 Vol 48. Electrical Press Limited. 1951. pp. A-125, A-136, A-142, A-152.
  7. ^ Ministry of Fuel and Power (1949). Electricity supply 1946-7. Ministry of Fuel and Power.
  8. ^ a b Electricity Council (1987). Electricity Supply in the United Kingdom. London: Electricity Council Electricity Supply in the United Kingdom. pp. 41 60. ISBN 085188105X.

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