The first station was brought into operation by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company between 1904 and 1907, before officially opening in 1907.

In 1928 a new station was opened by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company.

It overcame metallurgical and feedwater quality problems but rapid advances rendered it unnecessary quite quickly.

The 1928 station contained 2 x Parson 25 MW turbo alternators generating at 33kV which was high for the time and first example in the UK.

[5] Electricity output from Brimsdown A and B power stations during their final years of operation was as follows.

The station [now owned and operated by Uniper] underwent a major upgrade in 2020/21 to increase output to 450MW.

In 1951 the British Electricity Authority named a new "flat-iron" coastal collier SS Brimsdown after the station.