Ethiopian Electric Power () is an Ethiopian

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and

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electric producer. It is engaged in

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, and

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and

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. The company is a main key in the Ethiopian energy sector. Ethiopian Electric Power owns and operates the Ethiopian national power grid with all

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power transmission lines ''above'' 66 kV including all attached

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s and almost all power plants within the national power grid (with the exception of some co-generation power plants belonging to the state-owned ''Ethiopian Sugar Corporation''). Ethiopian Electric power is almost the

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in generating electric power for the national power grid, although Ethiopia also allows

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s to construct and to operate power plants for delivering power to the national grid since 2017.

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and the operation of power transmission lines of ≤66 kV within the national power grid is not part of the activities of Ethiopian Electric Power, that is done by the also state-owned sister company ''Ethiopian Electric Utility''. Small and isolated self-contained power generation systems and power plants not attached to the national power grid do also exist in Ethiopia with generation capacities of up to 5MW_e. These local power producers do not belong to Ethiopian Electric Power and can be privately owned or owned by regional authorities. The power transmission and power distribution from those self-contained power plants is not part of the business operations of Ethiopian Electric Power either.

History

The company was formed in 1956 as the ''Ethiopian Electric Light & Power Authority'' (EELPA), which bundled all Ethiopian activities around electricity in a single organization. In 1996, EELPA was split into the ''Ethiopia Electric Authority'' (EEA), taking over all regulating activities and a company, ''Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation'' (EEPCo), bundling all activities from power generation to household delivery. In 2013, EEPCo was again split up into two companies, ''Ethiopian Electric Utility'' and ''Ethiopian Electric Power''. Ethiopian Electric Power was formed by Council of Ministers Regulation No.302/2013. The first (2013)

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of Ethiopian Electric Power was Azeb Asnake, replaced in August 2018 by

Abraham Belay Abraham Belay (Amharic: አብራሃም በላይ) is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity since 2024. Belay served as the Minister of Defense from 2021. An ethnic Tigrayan, he previously served ...

. In 2016, Ethiopian Electric Power had more than 3500 employees.

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* {{authority control Companies based in Addis Ababa Government-owned companies of Ethiopia Energy companies of Ethiopia Energy companies established in 1956 1956 establishments in Ethiopia