[1] The company built a power station at Bath Road, Lymington (50°45'27"N 1°32'04"W)[2] which first supplied electricity to the town in 1899.

The Wessex Electricity Company was formed on 29 July 1927 with the aim to develop an integrated power supply system over a large area of southern England.

At Lymington the coal-fired plant was decommissioned and oil fuelled internal combustion engines were installed.

[5] [6] In 1939 the share capital of the Wessex company was wholly owned by Edmundsons Electricity Corporation Limited.

[8] The power station continued to operate for a decade after nationalisation until it was closed by the CEGB on 31 March 1959,[6] and was subsequently demolished.