Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Electricity generation and supply |
Predecessor | City of London (Pioneer) Electric Lighting Company |
Founded | 11 July 1891 |
Defunct | 31 March 1948 |
Fate | Nationalisation |
Successor | British Electricity Authority |
Headquarters | Falcon House, Aldersgate Street, City of London EC1 |
Area served | City of London and St Saviour's Southwark |
Key people | see text |
Products | AC & DC electricity supplies, electric lighting, sale and rental of domestic and commercial electrical goods |
Revenue | see tables |
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.