The standardization of retail electricity tariffs

The aim of the authors is to review the general position with regard to the standardization of retail electricity tariffs in those parts of Great Britain served by the fourteen Area Boards. Broadly, the paper covers: (a) The situation at vesting date (1st April, 1948). (b) How tariff standardization has been tackled. (c) The progress so far made in the introduction of standard tariffs. (d) Problems encountered in introducing standard tariffs. Tariffs for domestic, industrial, commercial and farm consumers and for combined premises are considered. Notes are included on tariffs in the North of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and brief references are made to salient points of comparable tariffs in some other European countries.