Key people Bajazit Jašarević, GM | Founded 30 August 1945 | |
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Predecessor Electric Utility Company of BiH "Elektrobih" Services generation, transmission and distribution | ||
JP Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d.d. (also known as Elektroprivreda BiH; English: Public Enterprise Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina; abbreviation: EPBiH) is public electric utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with its headquarter in city of Sarajevo.
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History
JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. was established on August 30, 1945 as Electric Utility Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Elektrobih". In May 20th 2004 it became a entity government owned publicly traded company. The company celebrates September 7 as the day of its establishment.
Structure
The company is largest electric utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as such part of the largest country's energy concern EPBiH Concern. Elektroprivreda BiH is a joint stock company in which 90% of the capital is owned by the Federation of BiH entity government, and 10% is owned by minority shareholders.
Operations
Electric utility activities for the company are:
As the largest electric utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 744.029 customers and 4.789 employees, the company has an installed generating capacities of 1,682 MW and generates 6.54 TWh of electricity, in lignite-fired thermal power plants 1,165 MW, and hydro power plants 517 MW. It has a transmission and distribution lines of 27.405 km in a network of 31,757 kilometres (19,733 mi), with 2.825 MVA distribution substations.
Electricity distribution is organized through five distribution regional offices: