Energias de Portugal Company Description
If you're from Portugal, you plug into EDP - Energias de Portugal, the state-controlled holding company for utilities that generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. EDP's distribution unit serves customers across Portugal and has stakes in Brazilian power distributors. In total, EDP serves 9.9 million electric customers. Other operations include a majority stake in Spanish utility HC Energía, gas distribution (790,000 customers), utility metering and billing, engineering, and water and wastewater projects. EDP's combined generating capacity of more than 15,600 MW from its domestic hydroelectric, fossil-fueled, and wind-driven plants. The Portuguese government controls about 20% of EDP.
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