NATIONAL POWER

National Power was formed following the privatisation of the UK electricity market in 1990.[1] In England and Wales the Central Electricity Generating Board, which was responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity was split into three generating companies Powergen, National Power and Nuclear Electric and a transmission company National Grid Company. National Power was the largest of these new companies having around 52 percent of the generating market. It later diversified into the supply market in November 1998 by purchasing the supply business of the regional electricity company Midlands Electricity and created the Npower supply brand.[2] In 2001 following investor pressure the company demerged into two separate companies Innogy, which was responsible for the UK based operations, and International Power, which took over the international operations.[3]

CATEGORIES OF POWER Superpower In 1944, Fox defined superpower as "great power plus great mobility of power" and identified 3 states, the British Empire, the Soviet Union and the United States.[4] The United States is currently considered a superpower with China and the European Union being potential superpowers. Great power In historical mentions, the term great power refers to any nations that have strong political, cultural and economic influence over nations around it and across the world. China, France, Germany,[5][6][7][8][9] Japan, Russia, and the United Kingdom are often considered to be current great powers. Regional power Used to describe a nation that exercises influence and power within a region. Being a regional power is not mutually exclusive with any of the other categories of power. Many countries are often described as regional powers, among those are India, South Africa, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Italy, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and Indonesia. Middle power A subjective description of second-tier influential states that could not be described as great powers.