Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO or Hanjeon, is the largest electric utility in South Korea, responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and for developing electric power projects in nuclear power, wind power and coal. Through its subsidiaries it accounted for 96 percent of Korean electricity generation as of 2023, and with its affiliates it has an installed capacity of 83,235 megawatts. The South Korean government owns 51.10 percent of the company directly and indirectly. Its headquarters moved from Seoul to the city of Naju in South Jeolla Province in August 2014 under a government decentralization program, and it is a member of the World Nuclear Association and the World Energy Council.
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opened on 1 July 1961
In Group: State-Owned Oil and Utility Companies, Lead
Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO (Korean: 켑코) or Hanjeon (Korean: 한전), is the largest electric utility in South Korea,
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