EETC

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) is Egypt’s state-owned transmission utility, established in 1998 and operating as a fully owned subsidiary of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company. Headquartered in Cairo’s Nasr City/Abbassia area, it is responsible for transmitting and distributing electricity across the unified national grid and regulating electricity sales and purchases under rules set by the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency. EETC’s mandate includes ensuring efficient, reliable power delivery at all voltage levels, minimizing technical losses and supporting the economic operation of generation plants and optimal use of national energy resources. EETC develops, owns and operates high- and extra-high-voltage infrastructure, including overhead lines, underground cables and transformer stations. Its medium‑term investment programmes, such as the 2009–2013 scheme co-financed with the European Investment Bank, involve reinforcing and extending the grid with new 500 kV and 220 kV lines, 220 kV underground cables and additional substations, adding thousands of MVA of transformer capacity to accommodate demand growth, improve reliability and connect both conventional and renewable generation. The company operates one National Energy Control Centre and seven regional control centres, with three further centres under construction or upgrade to manage increasing renewable penetration. For fiscal year 2025/2026, EETC has an approved investment plan of about EGP 44.9bn, split between completing ongoing projects and funding new, replacement and regional control schemes, alongside measures such as voltage stabilization, reactive power compensation, optimized load distribution and thermal imaging inspections aimed at reducing transmission losses to around 3.4%. Strategically, EETC is central to Egypt’s transition toward a smart, environmentally sustainable grid capable of integrating rapidly growing renewable energy capacity and supporting national development projects. The company expands transformer capacity, extends and upgrades transmission corridors, and implements institutional and technological improvements to meet international standards on efficiency, quality and environmental safeguards. It advances cross‑border interconnection projects with neighbouring countries to help position Egypt as a regional energy hub. As the national offtaker, EETC also signs long‑term power purchase agreements with utility‑scale renewable developers, such as the 25‑year agreement with Scatec for 1.95 GW of solar and 3.9 GWh of battery energy storage, which will provide around‑the‑clock renewable baseload power and grid‑stability services.