Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Energy: electricity generation and transmission |
Predecessor | London Electricity Joint Committee (1920) Limited |
Defunct | 31 March 1948 |
Fate | Abolished by nationalisation |
Successor | British Electricity Authority |
Headquarters | Ergon House, Horseferry Road, Westminster, SW., London , United Kingdom |
Area served | County of London |
Key people | see text |
Production output | 1,500 GWh (1934) |
Services | Electricity generation and transmission |
Revenue | £2,527,736 (1936) |
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.