Talk:Regional Electricity Companies (England and Wales)

Requested move

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no move. Suggest relisting to move to Public Electricity Suppliers (UK). Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 22:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Regional Electricity Companies (England and Wales) → Public Electricity Supplier – The page should be moved ofgem referd to the RECs along with the Scottish Boards as PESs --Barrytalk 18:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * Oppose. It would be correct if the proposed destiny was Public Electricity Suppliers (UK), there are public electricity suppliers elsewhere. Remember that Wikipedia tries to avoid an ethnocentric bias. --Sugaar 03:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This article was specifically written to cover English suppliers - as successor companies to the Reional Electricity Boards, thus owning both the distribution network and supply chain. Whilst it is accepted that there a category of 'public electricity supplier' under the Electricity, and Utilities Acts, this term has only been used in legislation, or by the regulator. Why then were the first electricity companies referred to as Regional Electricity Companies???
 * Also, why has there been an attempt to convert the article wholesale to American English?? The Wikipedia style guide states that, where one version of English is predominantly used - especially when referring to a specific region, or place - that version should continue to be used not changed. To rewrite an article wholesale is contrary to the style guide. (RM21 16:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC))


 * Also agree with the points above - to write an overview article of electricity supply companies (remember, there is already one about Distribution Network Operators, the article should be titled Public Electricity Suppliers (UK). (RM21 16:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC))

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There is no point creating a seperate article dealing with PES's and REC's when they are the same thing and will contain the same basic information only one will have the Scottish Boards. The REC's became PES's and where then spit between supply and distribution. --Barrytalk 17:51, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps. But PES is still only known as a regulatory term - which would only be used in official licences and documentation. It has never truly entered the public domain (RM21 17:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC))
 * Also worth remembering, there are many PES's today (in the 100s surely) that were never part of, or had anything to do with a former electricity board, so you could have a v. long article, unless you create a separate 'list' article (RM21 18:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC))
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