North Eastern Electric Supply Company

North Eastern Electric Supply Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryElectricity supply
PredecessorCleveland & Durham Electric Power Company
Northern Counties Electricity Supply Company
Tees Power Station Company Edit this on Wikidata
FoundedNewcastle upon Tyne, UK (1889 (1889)) as the Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company
FounderJohn Theodore Merz
Defunct1 April 1948 (1948-04-01)
FateNationalised
SuccessorNorth Eastern Electricity Board
Headquarters
Number of locations
Various power stations
Area served
North East England
Key people
John Theodore Merz, Managing director

The North Eastern Electric Supply Company (commonly abbreviated to NESCo) was responsible for the supply of electricity to a large amount of North East England, prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity industry with the Electricity Act 1947. The company was established as the Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company (also abbreviated to NESCo) in 1889, but was renamed the North Eastern Electricity Supply company as it expanded to supply the North East region.