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Uruguay's government-owned power company
Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas
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 UTE headquarters building |
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| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
| Industry | Electric utility |
| Founded | October 21, 1912 (1912-10-21) |
| Founder | José Batlle y Ordóñez |
| Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Area served | Uruguay |
| Services | Electric power generation and transmission |
| Owner | Government of Uruguay |
| Website | UTE |
The National Administration of Power Plants and Electrical Transmissions (Spanish: Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas), better known as UTE, is Uruguay's government-owned power company. It was established in 1912,[1] following approval of Law 4273 establishing it as a monopoly.[2]
In 1931 the monopoly on communications was also granted to UTE, until the founding of ANTEL in 1974.
In 1980 an organic law was passed.[3]
- ^ History of UTE Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ State-owned companies (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 18. Retrieved 3 Apr 2013.
- ^ Ley 15031 Archived July 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)