SW Area Table 3 – British Electricity History

Table 3 South West England: Electricity Supply Undertakings 1925/26

	*County*	*System*	*Generating* Capacity kW	*Per Capita Consumption kWh*
*Local Authorities*
Barnstaple	Devon	DC	1,050	46.3
Bath	Somerset	AC/DC	4,700	67.5
Bristol	Gloucester	AC/DC	35,390	149.5
Exeter	Devon	AC/DC	5,800	59.4
Lyme Regis	Dorset	DC	200	35.6
Plymouth	Devon	AC/DC	17,450	68.0
Sidmouth	Devon	DC	174	13.3
Taunton	Somerset	AC/DC	2,500	43.1
Tiverton	Devon	DC	152	5.8
Torquay	Devon	AC/DC	10,225	113.0
*Companies*
Bideford & District	Devon	AC	200	7.7
Bridgwater & District	Somerset	DC	800	26.3
Brixham Gas Co.	Devon	DC	200	10.5
Bude	Cornwall	DC	236	61.5
Budleigh Salterton	Devon	DC	66	17.7
Burnham & District	Somerset	DC	240	22.7
Callington & District	Cornwall	DC	50	4.6
Camborne	Cornwall	AC	–¹	8.0
Chudleigh	Devon	DC	38	9.0
Dartmouth^a	Devon	DC	330	37.7
Dawlish	Devon	DC	200	37.1
Exmouth^b	Devon	DC	515	20.8
Falmouth^b	Cornwall	DC	502	18.3
Frome^c	Somerset	DC	725	132.4
Holsworthy Gas & Elect	Devon	DC	45	31.8
Ilfracombe	Devon	DC	330	16.0
Illogan^a	Cornwall	AC	–¹	4.1
Mid-Somerset	Somerset	DC	–²	30.9
Minehead	Somerset	AC/DC	438	64.8
Newquay	Cornwall	DC	295	49.4
North Somerset	Somerset	AC	–³	10.7
Paignton	Devon	DC	–⁴	48.2
Penzance & District	Cornwall	AC	–¹	28.2
Redruth^a	Cornwall	AC	–¹	1.6
Seaton & District	Devon	DC	80	9.7
Teignmouth	Devon	DC	190	10.9
Totnes^b	Devon	DC	164	16.0
Weston-Super-Mar	Weston-Super-Mar	AC/DC	3,500	48.2
Yeovil	Somerset	DC	160	7.3
Power Company
Cornwall Electric Power	Cornwall	AC	9,700	..

Notes:
^aUrban Electric Supply Co.
^bElectric Supply Corporation
^cEdmundson’s Electricity

1 Bulk supply from Cornwall Electric Power Co.
2 Supply from C & J Clark, shoe manufacturers.
3 Bulk supply from Bristol Corporation.
4 Bulk supply from Torquay Corporation.

Source: Electricity Commissioners, Engineering and Financial Statistics 1925/26.

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