Environmental protection is mission and vision of “Electric Power
Industry of Serbia”. After many years in which the available money was
invested only in the maintenance of production capacities, environmental
protection became priority in the business policy of PE EPS.
In
scope and complexity of projects, resources invested and achieved
effects, EPS has become a leader in environmental protection in Serbia
and the region. After the year 2000, PE EPS started the modernization of
production capacities, which included the improvement of environmental
protection. Solving those problems is of equal priority as the
production of electricity.
Importance of environmental
protection is indicated by the fact that almost a third of commitments,
which the Serbian government policy in the accession to the European
Union should meet, are about regulations and standards in the
environmental protection. With set of laws and documents, EPS is asked
to harmonize the operation of its facilities with those regulations by
2015. By using existing and new measures for protection of the
environment on EPS capacities, it will respond to the demands of
domestic and EU legislation, as well as commitments taken from the
Treaty establishing the Energy Community of Southeast Europe.