Northern Electric Plc distributes and supplies electricity to industrial, commercial and domestic customers and also sells electrical appliances. The company is one of twelve regional electricity companies of England and Wales. It distributes and supplies electricity to customers in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. It also has a chain of more than fifty shops selling electrical appliances. Electricity supply accounted for 88% of fiscal 1996 revenues; distribution, 4%; generation, nom and other, 8%.