British Electricity History
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Southern Area: Electricity Supply Undertakings 1925/26

TABLE 3

  County System Generating Capacity kW Per Capita Consumption kWh
Local Authorities        
Aldershot MB Hants DC 480 30,0
Basingstoke MB Hants DC 1,320 106.9
Chichester MB W. Sussex AC/DC 422 47.7
Dorchester MB Dorset DC 260 21.5
Ealing Middx AC 4,250 52.6
Fareham UD Hants AC 1 32.0
Heston & Isleworth UD Middx DC 2,350 64.9
Maidenhead MB Berks DC 970 55.1
Marlborough MB Wilts DC 2 11.2
Portsmouth CB Hants AC 13,750 41.9
Southampton CB Hants AC/DC 18,760 116.9
Swindon MB Wilts AC/DC 4,100 117.3
Weymouth MB Dorset DC 1,481 76.4
Winchester MB Hants DC 1,350 67.6
Witney UD Oxon DC 165 43.6
Companies        
Abingdon ES Co Berks DC 140 9.7
Aldershot Gas, Water & District Lighting Co. Hants AC/DC 637 90.4
Ascot District G & E Co. Berks AC/DC 500 15.6
Blandford Forum ES Co. Dorset DC 200 25.0
Bognor Gas, Light & Coke Co. W. Sussex DC 553 32.7
Bournemouth & Poole ES Co. Hants AC/DC 11,400 67.2
Brentford ES Co. Mddx AC 3 47.1
Chipping Norton ES Co, Oxon DC 160 35.8
Chiswick ES Co. Middx DC 1,220 70.9
Cirencester ES Co. Gloucs DC 284 20.4
Cookham & District ES Co. Berks DC 270 7.2
Egham & Staines Electricity Co. Berks/Middx AC 3 32.5
Farnham G & E Co. Surrey DC 530 23.4
Fromea Somerset DC 725 132.4
Godalmingb Surrey DC 600 30.7
Gosport & Alverstoke Hants DC 4 27.1
Hindhead & District El Co Surrey AC/DC 515 15.9
Isle of Wight El&P Co: –Newport –Ryde –Sandown/Shanklin –Ventnor IoW IoW IoW IoW DC AC/DC DC DC 730 650 565 355 24.8
Lymington El&P Co. Hants DC 240 41.2
Malmesbury Wilts DC 44 7.2
Metropolitan ES Co. Middx AC/DC 5  
Milford-On-Sea ES Co. Hants DC 86 12.6
Newburyb Berks DC 775 52.6
Oxford E Co. Oxon AC/DC 5,275 54.0
Reading ES Co. Berks AC/DC 7,060 62.2
Ringwood ES Co. Hants AC 72 2.6
Salisbury Ep&S Co. Wilts DC 1,550 37.1
Sherborne ES Co. Dorset DC 120 6.4
Slough & Datchet ES Co. Bucks AC/DC 2,200 68.3
Swanage G&E Co. Dorset AC 225 20.4
Tetbury ES Co. Gloucs DC 56 9.7
Uxbridge & District ES Co. Middx AC 4,500 279.4
Wantage ES Co. Berks DC 98 5.7
Wareham ES Co. Dorset DC 50 8.3
Warminster ES Co. Wilts DC 106 5,2
West Wilts El&P Co. Wilts AC/DC 6  
Whitchurch & Pangbourne ES Co. Bucks/Berks DC 119 21.9
Windsor El Co Ltd Berks AC/DC 452 49.0
Wycombe (Borough) El&P Co. Bucks DC 2,430 63.5
Yeovil El&P Co. Somerset DC 310 7.3
York Town & Blackwater Gas Co. Berks/Hants AC 7 5.9
Notes: a Edmundson’s Electricity  b Urban Electric Supply Co. 1Bulk supply from Portsmouth 2Supply from Marlborough College. 3Bulk supply from Metropolitan ES Co. 4Supply from tramway company. Supply from Willesden power station. 6 Bulk supply from Bath. 7 Supply from Ascot Co. Source: Electricity Commissioners, Engineering and Financial Statistics 1925/26