Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003
Legislation 13 January 2003
Following last year's collapse of British Energy, the nuclear power company, the government announced in November 2002 its intention to help manage a reconstruction process.
Ministers 'poised to renationalise British Energy'
Press Review 10 January 2003
Nuclear option to remain in energy paper?
Press Review 6 December 2002
British Energy gets £3bn bail out
Press Review 29 November 2002
Day of reckoning for British Energy
Press Review 28 November 2002
British Energy offered £200m-a-year lifeline
News Article 28 November 2002
Britain's nuclear energy supplier has been thrown a multi-million pound lifeline by the government.
Greenpeace puts ministers in the dock over energy loan
News Article 22 November 2002
Greenpeace has succeeded in a High Court bid to launch a judicial review of the government's bail out of British Energy.
British Energy offered rescue package
Press Review 5 November 2002
Ministers split over nuclear power
Press Review 4 November 2002
British Energy 'to continue paying climate tax'
Press Review 11 October 2002
British Energy gets extra aid
Press Review 27 September 2002
Government to extend British Energy loan
Press Review 26 September 2002
British Energy gets extra cash
News Article 26 September 2002
Nuclear power generator British Energy is to get a further £240 million from the government in a bid to keep the troubled company afloat.
British Energy's loan to be extended
Press Review 23 September 2002
British Energy shares tumble
Press Review 19 September 2002
