May 24, 2021 - The HEP Plin national gas provider opened a new office building in Slatina, an investment worth HRK 6.5 million, Croatia's national electricity provider (HEP) said on Monday, adding that it was continuing to develop its gas business.

The Slatina plant, one of HEP Plin's ten stations, employs eight workers, operates a distribution grid of 227 kilometers, and supplies 4,077 clients, of which 3,363 are households and 714 industrial consumers. In 2020, 86 million-kilowatt hours (kWh) of gas were delivered to consumers, HEP said in a press release.

HEP Plin, which is part of the HEP Group, manages 4,419 kilometers of gas networks in Osijek-Baranja, Požega-Slavonia, Virovitica-Podravina, Vukovar-Srijem and Krapina-Zagorje counties. It is the biggest distributor in Croatia in terms of the length of its gas grid. With almost 100,000 consumers, HEP Plin is one of the largest gas suppliers in the country.

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