Ethiopia
Location: Horn of Africa
Area: 1.104 million km2
Land: 1.0 million km2
Water: 104,300 sq km
Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
Natural resources: small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas,
hydropower
Population: 75.8 Million
Electricity generation Potential
Hydro More than 45,000 MW
Geothermal More than 5,000 MW
Wind More than 10,000 MW
EEPCo Establishment
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) was named in 1997- after serving in the name of Ethiopian Electric Light and Power Authority(EELPA) which was established in 1956.
EEPCo is responsible for generating, transmitting, distributing and sale of electric energy throughout the country.
Milestone in the history of EEPCo
1898 Emperor Menelik II acquired a generator to light his palace
1936 Campani Nazionale Imprezi, Italian company is granted the right to generate distribute
and sell electricity in Ethiopia.
1948 Shewa Electric Power is established by the Ethiopian government to take over the
generating, distributing and selling electricity to the then town of Addis Ababa and its
vicinity.
1955 Ethiopian Electric Light and Power Authority (EELPA) was established for the purpose
of generating, transmitting, distributing and selling electricity throughout the country
1997 After having undergone restructuring, EELPA has been reorganized as the Ethiopian
Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) which is responsible for generating, transmitting,
distributing and selling electricity nation - wide.
Electrification Status
The number of electrified towns and villages highly increased for the last three years of the strategic plan period and reached to a total of 3367 which brought the electric energy access to 32%
EEPCo Manpower
Number of employees: The number of employees and their distribution by age, educational background and service years is depicted as follows
NB: Others are employees which had incomplete records to classify
EEPCo's Function
As EEPCo is the sole power producer, transmitter and distributor of electricity all over the nation, it provides power to more than 1,830,052 customers as at July 7th 2009.
Power Generation:
EEPCo, being the sole power producer, maintains two different power supply systems, namely, the Inter- connected system (ICS) and Self - Contained System (SCS). ICS is mainly supplied from hydro - power plants as wells as geothermal (steam) and thermal (diesel) sources. Whereas, SCS consist of mini hydro - power plants and a number of isolated diesel generating units widely spread all over the country.
Transmission and distribution:
EEPCo is responsible for ensuring adequate transmission capacity to maintain supply and quality of electricity
Demand/Supply of Electricity:
Demand for electricity in Ethiopia stands at more than 25% by the following fiscal year. At present EEPCo has an installed generating capacity which was 814 MW increased to a level of 1534MW. The installed generating capacity is estimated to be 3028 MW by the year 2010. And 14,912 MW by the next ten years.
Supply system
To be a center of excellence in providing quality electric service at every ones door and being competitive export industry
