Electricity & Gas Supplier Area Map?

badger09

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

another map, Shropshire from Google, with county border,

Hi frugal. Thanks but I know where I live😂. What I can’t  correlate is the DNO maps with a ‘real’ map!

CSI_Yorkshire

badger09 said:

Hi frugal. Thanks but I know where I live😂. What I can’t  correlate is the DNO maps with a ‘real’ map!

They don't correlate.  One is geographical, one is topological.

CSI_Yorkshire

CSI_Yorkshire said:

badger09 said:

Hi frugal. Thanks but I know where I live😂. What I can’t  correlate is the DNO maps with a ‘real’ map!

They don't correlate.  One is geographical, one is topological.

If you're happy with an approximation though, that's the border in the SY4 area..

CSI_Yorkshire

Or that.

DNO's websites have plenty of information on them.

badger09

@CSI_Yorkshire

Ok sloppy choice of the word ‘correlate’
1 I know on a map what the Shropshire boundary looks like
2 I know roughly what the local postcode boundary looks like
3 I can see on a map what the N Wales & Merseyside boundary looks like 

What I can’t do is visualise say 1 on 3

The images you have posted tell me nothing without context but thanks for pointing out that DNO’s websites have plenty of information on them. 

I’ll have another look tomorrow. 

CSI_Yorkshire

badger09 said:

@CSI_Yorkshire

Ok sloppy choice of the word ‘correlate’
1 I know on a map what the Shropshire boundary looks like
2 I know roughly what the local postcode boundary looks like
3 I can see on a map what the N Wales & Merseyside boundary looks like 

What I can’t do is visualise say 1 on 3

The images you have posted tell me nothing without context but thanks for pointing out that DNO’s websites have plenty of information on them. 

I’ll have another look tomorrow. 

They are both the MANWEB (or NW&M) boundary, in the SY4 area that you said you were interested in, overlaid on an OS map.  In different colours, and with different features highlighted, as I didn't know how detailed you needed it.

Is that not "1 on 3", or at least close enough for your purposes?

jbuchanangb

Is this any better? Found deep inside the SP Energy Networks web site.

Boundary issues can be complex. When I call 105 for a Power Cut, I get connected to these people, even tough I live in Electricity Northwest area. The substation for my property is run by Electricity Northwest but is located in the areae served by SP Energy.

Gerry1

It all seems a bit irrelevant whether the boundaries followed main roads, railways, rivers, telephone exchange areas or were random !  You can't change the DNO area you are in unless you move, so there's no point in worrying about it.

A case can be made that charges should be equalised across GB, just like the Royal Mail letter delivery service, but otherwise it's just academic.

badger09

Gerry1 said:

It all seems a bit irrelevant whether the boundaries followed main roads, railways, rivers, telephone exchange areas or were random !  You can't change the DNO area you are in unless you move, so there's no point in worrying about it.

A case can be made that charges should be equalised across GB, just like the Royal Mail letter delivery service, but otherwise it's just academic.

I'm not worried about it and I know I can't change it. The map posted by @jbuchanangb is the most useful to me, but my brain would still prefer that some geographical features, eg major towns were included. 
As I said in my OP, its partly just curiosity and I wanted to understand how the various areas were determined.
I now accept that its due to historical supply networks.

Thanks to all who tried to help

CSI_Yorkshire

badger09 said:

Gerry1 said:

It all seems a bit irrelevant whether the boundaries followed main roads, railways, rivers, telephone exchange areas or were random !  You can't change the DNO area you are in unless you move, so there's no point in worrying about it.

A case can be made that charges should be equalised across GB, just like the Royal Mail letter delivery service, but otherwise it's just academic.

 but my brain would still prefer that some geographical features, eg major towns were included. 

Cough cough