Energy of Albania (KESH) is the public producer and, at the same time, the largest electricity producer in Albania. KESH operates the most important electricity generating plants in the country.

These assets consist of the Drin River Cascade hydropower plants (Fierza HPP, Komani HPP and Vau i Dejës HPP), with an installed power capacity of 1,350 MW, and the Vlora TPP, with an installed power capacity of 98 MW. The cascade, built on the Drin River, is the largest in the Balkans, by installed capacity, as well as by the size of the hydropower plants. By operating 79% of the generation capacity in the country, KESH supplies about 70-75% of the customers’ demand for electricity, provides the energy needed to cover the losses in the transmission grid, as well as guarantees the security of the Albanian energy system through balancing energy and auxiliary services.

KESH is also responsible for the administration, the proper operation as well as for guaranteeing the technical and operational safety of the power plants it operates. KESH is not only one of the most important producers of electricity from hydro sources in the region, but is considered to have a regional impact, in terms of the security of hydro plants.

The main activity of the Energy of Albania – KESH is the power production and its trade in the regulated and deregulated market. KESH manages the largest cascade in the region with an estimated basin surface on the Drin River of 14,173 km2, and with a flow length of 285 km.