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 |
Dartmoutha | Devon | DC | 330 | 37.7 |
Dawlish | Devon | DC | 200 | 37.1 |
Exmouthb | Devon | DC | 515 | 20.8 |
Falmouthb | Cornwall | DC | 502 | 18.3 |
Fromec | Somerset | DC | 725 | 132.4 |
Holsworthy Gas & Elect | Devon | DC | 45 | 31.8 |
Ilfracombe | Devon | DC | 330 | 16.0 |
Illogana | 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 |
Redrutha | Cornwall | AC | –1 | 1.6 |
Seaton & District | Devon | DC | 80 | 9.7 |
Teignmouth | Devon | DC | 190 | 10.9 |
Totnesb | 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:
a Urban Electric Supply Co.
b Electric Supply Corporation
c Edmundson’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.