"A public supply of electricity was commenced in the Potteries by the starting of the Hanley Electricity Works in the summer of 1894. In the beginning of the present century, a supply was commenced in Longton in September, 1901, the supply being on the low tension three-wire direct current system. Three or four years later supplies were .commenced in Stoke-upon-Trent and Burslem, the systems being the same as Longton, although working at a different voltage.

The six Potteries towns (including Fenton and Tunstall in addition to those already mentioned) were federated in 1910 and became the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent. The county borough became a city in 1925. The electricity supply came under common management on 1st September, 1910, and it was thus possible for the first time to consider the district as a whole."