It supplied electricity to an area of 75 square miles in the West Midlands, and operated a power station at Ocker Hill, Tipton.
The Midland Electric Corporation for Power Distribution Limited was registered on 23 June 1897.
[1][2] See main article: Ocker Hill Power Station The original installation had a capacity of 3.1 MW.
In 1915 the directors were Edmund Knowles Muspratt (chairman), J. F. Albright, Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, James Taylor, and G. H. Nisbett.
[1] In 1920 the directors were James Taylor (chairman), Edmund Knowles Muspratt, Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, G. H. Nisbett, and D. Sinclair.
The power station and main distribution system was vested in the British Electricity Authority.