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This arrangement is a relatively new development, historically such cabling would have been maintained and sealed by electricity boards that preceded the DNOs, and different DNOs supplying buildings of different sizes and conditions, may choose to adopt the wiring in the building or to insist that an independent BNO is appointed.<ref>http://library.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/library/en/g81/Design_and_Planning/Planning_and_Design/Documents/EDS+08-0118+Multi-Occupied+Building+Supplies.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Unlike a DNO or an IDNO, BNOs may be exempted from any licensing requirement by schedules 2 and 3 of The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3270/made}}</ref>
and this allows those responsible for the building network (such as a housing association) to employ any suitable electrical contractor on an ad-hoc basis.
==Canada==
In Canada, the distribution network operators are known as '''local distribution companies''' ('''LDC''').
LDCs normally buy their power from larger companies, sometimes ones dedicated solely to wholesale supply. They re-sell it to the smaller customer. Larger customers typically buy their power directly from the wholesaler, and do not use the LDC.
==See also==
*[[Electricity distribution companies by country]]
*[[Meter Point Administration Number]]
*[[Northern Ireland Electricity]]
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