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Western Power Distribution

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Type
  
Services
  
Energy

Headquarters
  
Bristol, United Kingdom

Industry
  
Electricity

Website
  
www.westernpower.co.uk

Founded
  
1999

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Area served
  
Wales & South West, East Midlands & West Midlands

Products
  
Electricity distribution

CEO
  
Robert A. Symons (Mar 2000–)

Parent organizations
  
PPL Corporation, PPL UK Distribution Holdings Limited

Subsidiaries
  
Western Power Distribution (South Wales), plc

Profiles

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Western Power Distribution is the trading identity of four electricity distribution companies - WPD South West (operating in South West England), WPD South Wales (operating in South Wales) and WPD Midlands (operating in East Midlands and West Midlands). All of the companies act as the distribution network operator for their respective regions, and are registered in Bristol, England. Western Power Distribution currently serves approximately 7.7 million customers over its combined distribution areas.

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Western Power Distribution is a subsidiary of the American utility corporation PPL.

It should not be confused with WPD, a wind farm company in north-western Europe, or Western Power Corporation, an electricity distributor in Australia.

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WPD South West

In 1998 WPD South West was formed from the demerger of the electricity distribution arm of SWEB.

WPD South Wales

On 15 September 2000 PPL purchased Hyder for £565m and sold Welsh Water and other interests, leaving the electricity distribution arm Infralec which was renamed WPD South Wales.

WPD Midlands

In April 2011 E.on's Central Networks (the Distribution Network Operator for the East & West Midlands) was purchased by PPL for £3.5 billion and rebranded as Western Power Distribution.

References

Western Power Distribution Wikipedia


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