British Gas plc

British Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom. In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms. At this time the use of an inflammable gas (often known as "Town Gas") piped to houses as a fuel was still being marketed to consumers, by such means as the National Gas Congress and Exhibition (1913). The gas used in the 19th and early 20th centuries was Coal gas but in the period 1967-1977 British domestic coal gas supplies were replaced by Natural gas. In 1948 Clement Attlee's Labour government reshaped the gas industry, bringing in The Gas Act 1948. The act nationalised the UK gas industry and 1062 privately owned and...