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.

EPS Elektrokosmet
Native name
ЕПС Електрокосмет
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryElectric utility (de jure)
Founded27 December 1989; 34 years ago (1989-12-27)
FounderElektroprivreda Srbije
SuccessorElektrosever[1]
Headquarters,
Area served
Kosovo
Serbia
Key people
Boban Novaković (Director)
RevenueIncrease 9.30 million (2022)[2]
Negative increase (€9.55 million) (2022)[2]
Total assetsDecrease €100.86 million (2022)[3]
Total equitySteady €0 (2022)[3]
OwnerGovernment of Serbia (100%)
Number of employees
457 (2022)
ParentElektroprivreda Srbije
Websitewww.eps.rs/lat/Pages/Ogranci.aspx

History

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EPS 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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "БИЛАНС УСПЕХА (2022) - EPS Elektrokosmet". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "БИЛАНС СТАЊА (2022) - EPS Elektrokosmet". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "About Us". eps.rs. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Koliko EPS plaća parolu "Kosovo je srce Srbije"". insajder.net (in Serbian). Insajder. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Sindikat EPS-a: Šta sutra i dokle ovako?". radiokim.net (in Serbian). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Koliko Elektroprivredu Srbije koštaju preduzeća sa Kosova?". slobodnaevropa.org (in Serbian). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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