London Power Company
UK business
The London Power Company was an electricity generating and bulk supply company in London, England, formed in 1925 by the merger of ten small electricity companies. In 1948 Britain's electricity supply industry was nationalised under the Electricity Act 1947 and the company was absorbed into the British Electricity Authority.
Legislation
The London Power Company originated in the London Electricity Joint Committee (1920) Limited, established in January 1920, which aimed to secure cooperation between London's electricity companies. The company promoted the London Electricity (No. 2) Act 1925 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. lxiii) which empowered electricity companies to amalgamate. It also regulated their dividends, required funds to be set up to transfer the companies' assets to the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority, required companies to notify the authority of any proposal to spend capital exceeding £5,000, to dispose of any electricity generated in excess of that obligated to customers, and to carry out the technical integration scheme for the district.
Constituent companies
The constituent electricity undertakings of the London Power Company were:
Brompton and Kensington Electricity Supply Company Limited
Central Electric Supply Company Limited
Charing Cross Electricity Supply Company Limited
Chelsea Electricity Supply Company Limited
Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Company Limited
London Electric Supply Corporation Limited
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company Limited
Notting Hill Electric Lighting Company Limited
St James' and Pall Mall Electric Light Company Limited
Westminster Electric Supply Corporation Limited
Power stations
Local power stations
The London Power Company's ten constituent companies had many local, generally small-scale, power stations.
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