Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

About Us

The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies was organized in 1885 in the United States to provide guidance to the Edison illuminating companies that were springing up within the USA. Initially, the organization’s function was to license the illuminating companies to use Edison’s inventions and patents. After the companies went their separate ways in 1895, the AEIC became more of an electric industry association, seeking improvements to the technological aspects of the industry.
Since those early meetings, the organization has kept its eyes directed toward the future, expanding its membership internationally, and focusing its energies on finding solutions to problems of mutual concern to electric utilities, worldwide.