Elektroprivreda BiH or JP Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d.d. (; abbr. EPBiH) is a Bosnian public electric utility company with headquarters in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
.
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
entity
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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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, 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:
* 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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of
electricity
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annually.
Electricity distribution is organized through five distribution regional offices:
* Elektrodistribucija
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
,
* Elektrodistribucija
Tuzla
Tuzla (, , ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inha ...
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* Elektrodistribucija
Zenica
Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The ...
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* Elektrodistribucija
Bihać
Bihać is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una (Sava), Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in th ...
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* Elektrodistribucija
Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
.
See also
*
List of companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city. Bosnia faces the dual-problem of rebuilding a war-torn country and introducing transitional liberal market refor ...
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Elektroprivreda HZ HB
*
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske
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