State-owned enterprise | |
Industry | Electric utility |
Founded | October 21, 1912 |
Founder | José Batlle y Ordóñez |
Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Area served
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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, following approval of Law 4273 establishing it as a monopoly.
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.