City of London Electric Lighting Company

City of London Electric Lighting Company Limited
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryElectricity generation and supply
PredecessorCity of London (Pioneer) Electric Lighting Company
Founded11 July 1891
Defunct31 March 1948
FateNationalisation
SuccessorBritish Electricity Authority
HeadquartersFalcon House, Aldersgate Street, City of London EC1
Area served
City of London and St Saviour's Southwark
Key people
see text
ProductsAC & DC electricity supplies, electric lighting, sale and rental of domestic and commercial electrical goods
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The City of London Electric Lighting Company Limited (CLELCo) was a British electricity undertaking. It was formed in July 1891 to generate and supply electricity to the City of London and part of north Southwark. It owned and operated Bankside power station on the south bank of the river Thames. The company provided and stimulated demand for electricity, increased its generating capacity, and competed and co-operated with other electricity undertakings in London. The company was dissolved on 1 April 1948 when the British electricity industry was nationalised.