Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A., a public service company, engages in the distribution and sale of electricity in Argentina. The company, through a concession, distributes electricity to the northwestern zone of the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area and the northern part of the city of Buenos Aires. It serves residential, small and medium commercial, industrial, wheeling system, and public lighting customers. As of December 31, 2012, the company served 2,726,422 customers. The company was formerly known as Empresa Distribuidora Norte Sociedad Anónima and changed its name to Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. in June 1996. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. is a subsidiary of Electricidad Argentina S.A.