[2] The Jerusalem Electric and Public Service Corporation was founded as a government concession in Mandatory Palestine, first awarded to Euripides Mavrommatis, who then sold it to Balfour Beatty in 1928.
[3] JDECO has had a monopoly of supplying electricity in the larger Jerusalem area for nearly 100 years.
[citation needed] The company has four area branches, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jericho.
The main Headquarters of the company is in Jerusalem's Bab A-Zahra neighborhood, north of the Old City.
[citation needed] JDECO is responsible for connecting new consumers to the grid, as well as metering and billing.
[6] On 23 February 2015, IEC cut electricity to the West Bank for about 45 minutes due to unpaid debts.
[7] Two days later it again cut electricity, stating it was a warning to the Palestinian Authority to begin paying down the debt.