Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP Group) is a national power company in
Croatia
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which has been engaged in
electricity production
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,
transmission
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Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
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and
distribution Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
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for more than one century, and with heat supply and gas distribution for the past few decades. HEP Group is organized in the form of a holding company with a number of daughter companies.
History
HEP claims to be the oldest electric company distributing
alternating current
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, tracing its foundation to 1895 when the first European power plant
Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant
Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Krka, located in Šibenik-Knin County, in central Dalmatia, Croatia.
The first European hydroelectric power plant was built in Croatia (many people worked together to make ...
was built, only three days after the
Adams Power Plant
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at
Niagara Falls
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.
Structure
The parent company of HEP Group, HEP d.d., performs the function of HEP Group corporate management.
Production is delegated to two subsidiaries: ''HEP Proizvodnja d.o.o.'', which deals with a majority of generation facilities, and ''TE Plomin d.o.o.'', which is co-owned by HEP and
RWE Power, and operates ''Plomin'' thermal power plant. HEP also owns 50% of
Krško Nuclear Power Plant
The Krško Nuclear Power Plant ( sl, Jedrska elektrarna Krško, JEK, or , NEK, ; hr, Nuklearna elektrana Krško) is located in Vrbina in the Municipality of Krško, Slovenia. The plant was connected to the power grid on October 2, 1981 and went ...
in Slovenia.
''HEP Operator prijenosnog sustava d.o.o.'' (HEP OPS; ''English:'' HEP Transmission System Operator) and ''HEP Operator distribucijskog sustava d.o.o.'' (HEP ODS, ''English:'' HEP Distribution System Operator) are providers of public services of electricity transmission and distribution, respectively, for the needs of participants in the Croatian market.
HEP ODS is also responsible for supplying tariff customers, while supplying eligible customers (industry and businesses) falls under the jurisdiction of ''HEP Opskrba d.o.o.''
Other business activities include: district heating (''HEP Toplinarstvo d.o.o.''), gas distribution (''HEP Plin d.o.o.''), energy efficiency (''HEP ESCO d.o.o.''), environmental protection with a focus on waste management (''APO d.o.o.''), renewable energy sources (''HEP Obnovljivi izvori energije d.o.o.''), education and training (''HEP Nastavno-obrazovni centar'') and leisure and recreation (''HEP Odmor i rekreacija d.o.o.'').
See also
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References
External links
Company website
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Electric power companies of Croatia
Companies based in Zagreb
Government-owned companies of Croatia
Government-owned energy companies