In 1893 The Electricity was first introduced in Egypt , it was owned and operated by private companies.

In 1962, all these companies had been nationalized, and the government became the owner and the operator.

In 1964, the first ministry for electricity power was formed.

In 1965, the public Egyptian Corporation for Electricity has been established; it was responsible for Generating, Transmitting and Distributing electricity.

In 1976, the Public Egyptian Corporation for Electricity was converted to The Egyptian Electricity Authority (law no. 12).

In 1978, seven distribution companies was established on a geographical basis.

In 1996, Law no. (100) was issued allowing the local and foreign Investors to construct, operate and maintain electric generation stations (BOOT).

In 1997, the presidential decree no. 326 was issued. The Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency as a supervisory Agency to supervise, monitoring and regulate the relation between the electric utility parties.

In 1998, Law no. (18) was issued concerning that the distribution companies will be affiliate to the Egyptian Electricity Authority instead of the Business Sector and all the Generation Stations and the High Voltage network will be affiliate to these companies.

In 2000, the presidential decree no. (339) was issued, reorganizing of The Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency.[Specify its authorization and activities and form the Board of Director of the Agency to include experts in energy field not related to electricity sector, other customers representatives, public persons and experts in electricity sector].

In 2000, Law no. (164) was issued concerning conversion of The Egyptian Electricity Authority to a contribution company called the Egyptian Electric Holding Company (EEHC).

In 2001, the general association of the EEHC has agreed to separate between the Generation Activity (5 Companies) from the Distribution Activity, and separate the UHV and HV network Activity into separate company for control and transmission.