by sse type subsidiary industry energy products electricity parent south wales electricity board website www.swalec.co.uk swalec south wales electricity board was an electricity supply and distribution company which was bought out in 1996 for 872m following the de regulation of the electricity supply industry in the uk . history edit before privatisation in 1990 it was the south wales electricity board swaleb swalec s.w.e.b formed originally from the nationalisation and merger of local authority and private electricity companies the purchaser newly privatised company welsh water rebranded itself as hyder . the business plan was to make significant logistical savings by combining the field activities of electricity and water supply operations by co locating in a reduced suite of offices and operational depots . sse was the sponsor of wales wru challenge cup named the sse cup and the name continues to be attached to a range of league competitions and trophies administered by the welsh rugby union . 1 in 1997 swalec gas was set up to take advantage of the deregulation of the gas market in the uk which took place in stages from 1997 to 1998 . an advertising campaign was launched featuring wimbledon f.c. and wales footballer vinnie jones . in february 2000 the retail electricity and gas business under the swalec brand was sold to british energy for a reported 105m . the sale included the swalec retail brand whilst hyder retained the swalec electricity distribution business i.e. running the electricity network which was renamed infralec . in august 2000 scottish and southern energy sse agreed to buy the electricity and gas supply from british energy for a reported price of 210m . in september 2000 western power distribution bought hyder for 565 million sold welsh water and renamed infralec to wpd south wales . branding remains property of south wales electricity board and swalec a brand name used by sse for the supply of electricity and gas in wales . references edit swalec cup . wru.co.uk . welsh rugby union . retrieved 21 october 2012 . v t e energy in wales energy in the united kingdom companies and organisations manweb swalec western power distribution power stations coal fired active aberthaw closed llynfi rogerstone uskmouth gas fired active baglan bay barry connah s quay deeside pembroke severn future abernedd closed shotton hydroelectric active blaencwm cwm dyli dinorwig dolgarrog ffestiniog maentwrog swansea bay nuclear closed trawsfynydd wylfa oil fired closed pembroke demolished wind farms active alltwalis carno cefn croes gwynt y m r moel maelogan north hoyle rhyl flats future brechfa forest category v t e former area electricity boards north of scotland hydro electric board south west scotland electricity board south east scotland electricity board north western electricity board north eastern electricity board yorkshire electricity board merseyside and north wales electricity board east midlands electricity board south wales electricity board midlands electricity board eastern electricity board south western electricity board southern electricity board london electricity board south eastern electricity board retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swalec & oldid 738925754 categories defunct power companies of the united kingdomsse plcenergy companies of wales navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 20 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view