Empresas Públicas de Medellín
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| Public | |
| Industry | Public utility service company. |
| Founded | 18 november 1955 |
| Headquarters | Medellín, Colombia |
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Key people
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Jorge Londoño De La Cuesta Chairman |
| Products | Water, Energy, Gas & Telecommunications |
| Subsidiaries | -UNE -Regional de Occidente S.A. E.S.P -EPM Bogotá aguas S.A. E.S.P. -EPM Inversiones -Hidroecológica del Teribe S.A. -Aguas Nacionales EPM S.A E.S.P -Aguas de Urabá S.A. E.S.P -Aguas Oriente S.A. E.S.P -Aguas Atrato S.A. E S.P -Aguas Occidente S.A E.S.P -Empresas Públicas de Oriente -Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala -Empresa de Energía del Quindío S.A. E.S.P (EDEQ) -Centrales Eléctricas del Norte de Santander (CENS) -Central Hidroelétrica de Caldas (CHEC) -Eléctrificadora de Santander (ESSA) |
| Website | www.epm.com.co |
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) was established on 18 November 1955 as a residential public utilities company which, initially, only served the inhabitants of Medellin, its hometown.
EPM is the head of a group that consists of 12 companies and has equity participation in eight others in the electricity and water sectors. Its affiliate EPM Telecomunicaciones, which operates under the name UNE, controls seven other companies in various cities around the country.
Organized as a state-owned, industrial and commercial enterprise, owned by the municipality of Medellin, EPM provides electricity, gas, water, sanitation, and telecommunications.
EPM in Colombia: Antioquia, Bogotá, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cali, and Quibdó.
EPM international: in Panama, the company is implementing the Bonyic hydroelectric project through its affiliate Hidroecológica del Teribe. In Guadalajara, Mexico, it is providing advice and technical assistance for the implementation of potable water, sanitary sewers, and wastewater treatment projects; and it is providing telecommunications services in the United States and Spain under the brand UNE.
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Electricity, gas over a pipeline, waters and telecommunications: EPM has been active in these four areas of public utilities and is currently implementing a number of projects to consolidate its leadership.
Research and use of different energy sources, the development of a complete distribution system that reaches every musicality and Antioquia, and the provision of gas over a network are aspects of a company that holds an outstanding place in the Colombian electrical sector, supplying 23.9% share of the demand in the country.
EPM has built the backbone of the hydroelectric system in Colombia. After many years of experience developing hydroelectric projects, EPM has been advancing for more than a decade with research on the use of other energy sources as a way to contribute to the planet's environmental sustainability and to open new areas for its national and international growth.
Porce III and Porce IV, with a capacity of 660 MW and 400 MW respectively, are two of the hydroelectric generation projects currently under construction.
The first generation unit in Porce III will start producing electrical energy at the end of 2010, and around the same time construction of the first civil works for Porce IV will begin. Operations will start in 2015.
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