Its role was to ensure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity in London and the home counties.
In October 1934 Molly Bolton was the first woman to be one of the London County Council's six representatives on the LHCJEA.
[3] The district extended from Eton in the west to Billericay in the east and from Dorking in the south to Welwyn in the north.
[3] The JEA's powers to purchase land and construct generating stations were extended by the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo.
Companies in the London area were required to notify the JEA of any proposal to spend any capital exceeding £5,000 on assets[3] The London JEA intended to build a large power station at Chiswick, however the Central Electricity Board rejected the scheme and instead proposed the expansion of Fulham power station which was nearer to the centre of load.
[2] By 1932 the London JEA had acquired the following undertakings: Callender's (Surbiton), Edmundson's (Dorking), Leatherhead and District, South Metropolitan Tramways, Twickenham and Teddington, and Urban (Weybridge).
[8] The London JEA was empowered to purchase the assets of any electricity company in its area in 1971.