UTE

Uruguay's government-owned power company

Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas

UTE headquarters building
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]

References

^ 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)