Talk:National Electric Light Association

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So where was this then? Luxembourg? Zaire? I think we should be told or the article should be deleted. Emeraude 22:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

U.S., which I've now indicated. It was actually a pretty important group, the main organization opposing municipal ownership of the electrical grid. This deserves a real article. What little I know on the topic is from Richard C. Berner, Seattle 1900-1920: From Boomtown, Urban Turbulence, to Restoration, Charles Press (1991), ISBN 0962988901, but of course that has a very locally specific focus, so I don't feel ready to take it on. - Jmabel | Talk 06:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, should mention that Chicago's Samuel Insull was prominent in NELA. p. 43 of the abovementioned Berner book would be one citation for this. Berner indicates as a good source on NELA: Douglas Anderson, Regulatory Politics and Electric Utilities: A Case Study in Political Economy (1981). Auburn House (Boston), - Jmabel | Talk 09:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The National Electric Light Association published a book, "Handbook on Overhead Line Construction" in 1915:
<https://books.google.com/books?id=NK8oAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=handbook+on+overhead+line+construction&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAGoVChMIqq2U28DJxwIVRnE-Ch06sA3w#v=onepage&q=handbook%20on%20overhead%20line%20construction&f=false>
32.97.110.61 (talk) 14:50, 27 August 2015 (UTC)Dave[reply]

The NELA's historic importance in the evolution of the U.S. electric Industry needs far greater work. I've started taking this on and will be working on this piece for some time with the goal of a fairly exhaustive historic review of its activities. Expect a lot of work and revisions over time.Energynet (talk) 16:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]