Company type | Private company |
---|---|
Industry | Electricity industry |
Founded | 1909 |
Defunct | 1 April 1948 |
Fate | Industry nationalisation |
Successor | South East Scotland Electricity Board |
Headquarters | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Area served | Scotland |
Key people | George Balfour (chairman |
Products | Electric power |
Production output | 473 GWh (1948) |
£348,700 (1947) |
The Scottish Power Company Limited was an electricity industry holding company that operated from 1909 until 1948. Its subsidiary companies generated and supplied electricity to up to 136,800 consumers in an area of 13,000 square miles over large parts of Scotland.