Tony Walton wrote in article
[...]
I ring directory enquiries and ask for the number of the London
Electricity Board.
[...]
The end. Total time (estimated): about seven minutes.

With the new "improved" privatised industry it went like this.

I ring directory enquiries and ask for the number of Powergen (who
are
the people who send the bill). [sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiip]


Why did you feel the need to involve Powergen who like the other 14 odd
parasites pay the local company for their use of the substations,
distribution network and consumer meters ?

The sequence is. (a) is there an Emergency Telephone number sticker on
the meter ?
(b) if not, find out what London Electric is called this week and get
that number.

Even in the old days you needed to know if you were LE Board, SEEBoard
or Southern.

--
Mike D