In 1878, he founded the Edison Electric Light Co. in New York City. When he turned on his Pearl Street power station in 1882, it became one of the first centralized electric plants in the world.

The Cleveland Electric Light Co., established on 21 June 1884, bought a power-generating station on Johnson St. (now Johnson Ct.) between Bank (now W. 6th) and Water (now W. 9th) streets and used the ...

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday ... The world’s first coal-fired electricity plant, Thomas Edison’s Edison Electric Light Station, opened in London in 1882.