Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine

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

Elektroprivreda BiH
TypePublic
IndustryEnergy
PredecessorElectric Utility Company of BiH "Elektrobih"
Founded30 August 1945 (1945-08-30)
HeadquartersVilsonovo Šetalište 15,
Sarajevo
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key people
v.d. Sanel Buljubašić, GM
ProductsElectricity
Production output
7.009 GWh (2017)
Servicesgeneration, transmission and distribution
Revenue€583.35 million (2017[1])
€0.32 million (2017[1])
Total equity€1.721 billion (2017[1])
Number of employees
4,566 (2017[1])
ParentEPBiH Concern
Websiteelektroprivreda.ba

History

Elektroprivreda BiH was established on 30 August 1945 as the Electric Utility Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Elektrobih".[2] On 20 May 2004, it became an entity 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as such part of the largest country's energy concern EPBiH Concern.[3] 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.[4]

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.[2] 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 31,757 kilometres (19,733 mi), with 2.825 MVA distribution substations.[2]

Also, it generates 7.009 TWh of electricity annually.[5]

Electricity distribution is organized through five distribution regional offices:

See also

References
  1. "Top lista po ukupnim prihodima na nivou Federacije, za sve kompanije". fia.ba (in Bosnian). Finansijsko-informatička agencije BiH. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. "O kompaniji". epbih.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. "Company information Elektroprivreda BiH Concern" (.html). www.elektroprivreda.ba (in English and Bosnian). EP BiH Concern. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. "Public audits reports - Public companies" (.html). www.saifbih.ba (in English, Bosnian, and Croatian). Audit office for the Institutions of the Federation BiH. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. "Elektroenergetski bilans društva". epbih.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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