Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking is the civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, India. Originally set up in 1873 as a tramway company: Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways Company, the BEST set up a captive Thermal power station at Wadi bunder, Mumbai in November 1905 to generate electricity for its trams that positioned it to also supply electricity to the city of Mumbai. Since 1926, the BEST has been an operator of motor buses. In 1947, a week prior to India gaining independence, the BEST became an undertaking of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. It now operates as an autonomous body under the Municipal Corporation.