EPS Elektrokosmet (Serbian: ЕПС Електрокосмет) is a Serbian state-owned transmission system operator company for electricity with the headquarters in Pristina, Kosovo. It is specialized in the transmission of electrical power.
Native name | ЕПС Електрокосмет |
|---|---|
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
| Industry | Electric utility (de jure) |
| Founded | 27 December 1989 |
| Founder | Elektroprivreda Srbije |
| Successor | Elektrosever[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Kosovo Serbia |
Key people | Boban Novaković (Director) |
| Revenue |  €9.30 million (2022)[2] |
 (€9.55 million) (2022)[2] | |
| Total assets |  €100.86 million (2022)[3] |
| Total equity |  €0 (2022)[3] |
| Owner | Government of Serbia (100%) |
Number of employees | 457 (2022) |
| Parent | Elektroprivreda Srbije |
| Website | www |
History
editEPS Elektrokosmet was founded by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) on 27 December 1989.[citation needed]
Following the Kosovo War and NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, and Elektroprivreda Srbije lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants, which were under jurisdiction of EPS Elektrokosmet.[4]
Since then, government-owned Elektroprivreda Srbija by political decision continued to pay off earnings to all of Kosovo-based EPS companies, including EPS Elektrokosmet employees (the other two EPS companies based on Kosovo are EPS Surface Mining Kosovo and EPS TPP Kosovo).[5] However, all these employees are not working in Kosovo-based power plants, and are only occasionally and indirectly employed by EPS throughout the rest of Serbia.[5] As of May 2009, there was a total of around 7,000 such employees which were working only on paper and receive regular earnings.[6] As of June 2017, that number was cut to 4,539 employees.[5] As of August 2022, a total of 3,300 employees worked for these three companies.[7]
On 24 June 2022, the Energy Regulatory Office gave Elektosever the right to distribute electricity to the four municipalities in North Kosovo, which means Elektosever replaces EPS Elektrokosmet.[1] However, EPS Elektrokosmet still exists and has not closed its operations.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "KOMUNIKATË | Seanca e nëntë (IX) e Bordit të ZRRE" [COMMUNIQUE | Ninth (IX) Session of the Board of ERO] (in Albanian). Energy Regulatory Office. 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b "БИЛАНС УСПЕХА (2022) - EPS Elektrokosmet". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b "БИЛАНС СТАЊА (2022) - EPS Elektrokosmet". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "About Us". eps.rs. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Koliko EPS plaća parolu "Kosovo je srce Srbije"". insajder.net (in Serbian). Insajder. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Sindikat EPS-a: Šta sutra i dokle ovako?". radiokim.net (in Serbian). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Koliko Elektroprivredu Srbije koštaju preduzeća sa Kosova?". slobodnaevropa.org (in Serbian). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 2018-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
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