In 1892 the Company applied for a Provisional Order under the Electric Lighting Acts to generate and supply electricity to the District of Wandsworth Board of Works which encompassed the parishes of Putney, Wandsworth, Tooting Graveney, Streatham and Clapham.

Other power stations operated by the County of London Company were City Road and later Barking.

[1] The original plant at Wandsworth power station comprised Brush Universal engines coupled directly to Mordey dynamos.

[5] A variety of electricity supplies were available to consumers as: By 1954 the plant at Wandsworth comprised:[6] The boilers had a total evaporative capacity of 200,000 lb/h (25.2 kg/s), and supplied steam to: The completed total installed generating capacity was 22 MW.

[8] The CEB identified high efficiency ‘selected’ power stations that would supply electricity most effectively.

[9] In 1946 The maximum output load supplied by Wandsworth power station was 19.160 MW, and 21,228 MWh of current was delivered.

A 132 kV nation grid substation is still operational to the east of the power station site.