Profits made by selling bulk electricity to the Scottish lowlands would be used to fund "the economic development and social improvement of the North of Scotland."

[3] The chairman of the new Board was to be Lord Airlie, who had initially been critical of the 1943 Act because its scope was too limited.

The deputy chairman and chief executive was Edward MacColl, an engineer with wide experience of hydro-electric projects and electrical distribution networks.

He produced a list of 102 potential sites in just three months,[5] and in June 1944, the first constructional scheme was published.

[12] The scheme was completed in 1956, and played an important role in demonstrating that the social agenda of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board brought benefit to remote communities.

Compensation flow from Lussa Loch maintains the habitat on Glenlussa Water, and in 2016 Gilkes, a subsidiary of Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon of Kendal in Cumbria, supplied a Turgo turbine, a generator and a control system which were installed at the dam.

The turbine includes manual spear valves, which were adjusted during the commissioning phase so that the regulated compensation flow is supplied to the river at all levels of the reservoir.

A deflector system ensures that the turbine is protected from damage if the load is removed, and the water continues to flow into the river.

The Austrian company Andritz AG supplied two new Francis turbines rated at 1.1 MW each, together with two 11 kV synchronous generators.

It flows over a weir and is crossed by the B842 road before it enters Ardnacross Bay, opposite the Isle of Arran.

During the winter months, roosting geese numbers reach over 2,300, representing around eight per cent of the world population.