 The A Station first generated electricity in 1958 , a year after the creation of the Central Electricity Generating Board , and the stations operated until 2001 . They were operated by the successors of the CEGB , including National Power , following the privatisation of the UK 's power industry . After their closure in 2001 , the stations were demolished over the course of two years , ending with the demolition of the stations ' chimneys on 7 December 2003 . As of 2009 , the site is still covered in debris from the demolition . RWE Npower have proposed the construction of a clean coal @-@ fired power station on the site . However , as of November 2009 , these plans have been postponed . 
