KEPCO Implements Organizational Restructuring for Carbon Neutrality and Safety Management

Changed to report directly to the Executive Vice President in charge of 'Safety and Health Division'... 'Energy Ecosystem Creation Office' also newly established

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced on the 3rd that it has carried out an organizational restructuring to strengthen the execution of carbon neutrality and safety management.

This organizational restructuring, the second since President Jeong Seung-il took office, was implemented on the 1st with the main goals of ▲reestablishing a field-centered safety management system ▲strengthening the energy efficiency control tower function ▲building a foundation for an energy ecosystem based on solidarity and cooperation.

First, the 'Safety and Health Office' was placed directly under the Executive Vice President in charge of business to reestablish a field-centered safety management system. This aims to secure a comprehensive accident prevention system covering personnel, organization, budget, systems, and operations. By unifying safety policy establishment and field management organizations, the execution power of safety management was also strengthened. Ahead of the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act on the 27th, KEPCO plans to strengthen safety policy governance and expand responsible management by establishing a new 'Company-wide Safety Management Committee (tentative name)' involving standing directors responsible for power facilities and policy sectors.

To strengthen the energy efficiency control tower function, the overall function of the Power Innovation Headquarters, newly established in July last year, was enhanced, and its role and level were raised by expanding technical cooperation with external parties. The 'Carbon Neutrality Strategy Office' reinforced its overall function for improving energy efficiency to strengthen the foundation of carbon neutrality, and the 'Sustainable Growth Strategy Office' established a new 'Power Policy Analysis Team' to enhance the ability to respond to domestic and international power industry issues and to develop regulatory improvement strategies at the company-wide level.

Additionally, the 'Energy Ecosystem Creation Office' was newly established. It will be responsible for nurturing differentiated innovative companies and transforming the Gwangju-Jeonnam Joint Innovation City into a mecca of energy new industry ecosystem innovation with unique and sustainable competitiveness. Within the 'Korea Energy Technology University (KENTECH) Support Group,' a new 'Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Department' was established to strengthen the cooperation function between KEPCO and KENTECH and to lead the creation of an R&D cluster and the dissemination of shared achievements.

A KEPCO official stated, "Going forward, to achieve the national mid- to long-term mission of carbon neutrality, KEPCO will play the top priority role in the joint development of the power industry led by KEPCO and will promote overall efficiency improvement in the power industry through proactive governance establishment."

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