Elektroprivreda BiH or JP Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d.d. ( en, Public Enterprise Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina; abbr. EPBiH) is a Bosnian public electric utility company with headquarters in

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

History

Elektroprivreda BiH was established on 30 August 1945 as the Electric Utility Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Elektrobih". On 20 May 2004, it became an

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government-owned publicly traded company. The company celebrates 7 September as the day of its establishment.

Structure

The company is the largest electric utility company in

, 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

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entity government, and 10% is owned by minority shareholders.

Operations

Electric utility activities for the company are: * generation and distribution of electricity, * supply of electricity, * trading, representation and mediation on the local electricity market, * export and import of electricity, including the management of electricity system. As the largest electric utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has 756,599 customers and 4,434 employees. As of 2017, the company has an installed generating capacities of 1,682 MW, of which 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 , with 2.825 MVA distribution substations. Also, it generates 7.009

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annually. Electricity distribution is organized through five distribution regional offices: * Elektrodistribucija

, * Elektrodistribucija

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, * Elektrodistribucija

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, * Elektrodistribucija

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, * Elektrodistribucija

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References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.elektroprivreda.ba Electric power companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina Energy companies established in 1945 Companies based in Sarajevo 1945 establishments in Yugoslavia Government-owned companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina Government-owned energy companies

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