Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Energy, Electricity supply |
Founded | 1898 |
Defunct | 31 March 1948 |
Fate | Abolished by nationalisation |
Successor | British Electricity Authority, area electricity boards |
Headquarters | London |
Area served | Great Britain |
Key people | see text |
Services | Electricity generation and supply |
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Owner | Edmundsons Electricity Corporation |
Subsidiaries | Cornwall Electric Power Company Limited, East Anglian Electric Supply Company Limited |
The Urban Electric Supply Company Limited (UESCo) was a British electricity industry holding company that operated from 1898 until the nationalisation of the electricity supply industry in 1948. It controlled directly, or indirectly through its subsidiaries, electricity undertakings throughout Britain.