Admin History | [The statutory company was formed in 1882 to supply gas to Ascot. The works began operation in 1883 and it was extended by the addition of the Bracknell and Bagshot undertakings. In 1906 the company became the first gas company to secure powers to generate and distribute electricity. By 1937 it was known as Ascot District Gas and Eelectricty Company. Electricity functions passed to the Southern Electricity Board in 1948, and gas functions passed to the North Thames Gas Board in 1949, as part of the nationalisation of utility companies.] |