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 Former headquarters inHung Hom, Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
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| ISIN | HK0002007356 | ||||||||||||
| Industry | Public utility -Energy | ||||||||||||
| Founded | January 25, 1901; 124 years ago (1901-01-25) inCrown Colony of Hong Kong[1] | ||||||||||||
| Headquarters | 43 Shing Kai Road,Kai Tak,, | ||||||||||||
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| Products | Electric service | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Kadoorie family (35%)[2] | ||||||||||||
Number of employees | 8,074 (2021) | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中電集團 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中电集团 | ||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | jung1 din6 jaap6 tyun4 | ||||||||||
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| CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. (formerly China Light and Power Co., Ltd.) | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中華電力有限公司 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中华电力有限公司 | ||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | jung1 wa4 din6 lik6 yau5 haan6 gong1 si1 | ||||||||||
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CLP Group (Chinese:中電集團) and itsholding company,CLP Holdings Ltd (中電控股有限公司), also known asChina Light and Power Company, Limited (nowCLP Power Hong Kong Ltd.,中華電力有限公司), is an electricity company inHong Kong. Incorporated in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate,[3] its core business remains the generation, transmission, and retailing of electricity.[4] It also has businesses in a number of Asian markets as well asEnergyAustralia inAustralia. It is one of the two main electricity power generation companies in Hong Kong, the other beingHongkong Electric Company.
The company was founded in Hong Kong in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate[3] byShewan, Tomes & Co. and others.[5][6] In 1903, the company's firstpower station, with a generating capacity of 75 kW, was commissioned inHung Hom at the junction of present-dayChatham Road andPrincess Margaret Road.[7][8] By 1919, the company was supplying electricity forstreet lights inKowloon.[3]
TheKadoorie family joined the CLP board of directors in 1930[9] and retains control of the company as of 2013.[10]
In 1983, the company established a joint venture with Guangdong Nuclear Power for the construction and operation of theDaya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[11]
On 6 January 1998, CLP Holdings Limited replaced China Light & Power Company Limited as the new holding company listed on theStock Exchange of Hong Kong.[12]
In 2018, CLP established a new branch, CLP Innovation (previously named) and now CLP Digital. The branch has a separate company listing, Smart Energy Connect (SEC) that provides environmentally friendly solutions.
As of 2013, CLP Group is a component ofThe Global Dow—a 150-stock index of the world's leading blue-chips.[13] The company has been a constituent of theDow Jones Sustainability Index, the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), and/or the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific 40 Index (DJSI Asia Pacific 40).[14] Since 2010, CLP has also been listed on the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index and Hang Seng (Mainland and HK) Corporate Sustainability Index.[15]
Basic tariff (1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024)
Fuel cost adjustment
In recent years, CLP has sought to expand outside of its native Hong Kong, accomplishing this throughmergers and acquisitions. Markets outside Hong Kong it has entered include Australia (throughEnergyAustralia),[12]India,[12]Mainland China,[16] Southeast Asia mainly (Thailand andIndonesia) andTaiwan.[16]
Its first market outside Hong Kong was mainland China; by way of connecting its power stations in Hong Kong to the Chinese mainlandgrid,[17] CLP began supplying power in 1979.[18]
The 1990s saw the start of expansionaryM&A activity with CLP acquiring nearly a half-dozen companies between 1996 and 2005. In 1996 the company entered joint-ventures withTaiwan Cement Corporation;[16] in 1998, part ownership of Thai Electricity Generating Public Co Ltd;[12] and in 2001, Australian Yallourn Energy.[12] It expanded operations in Australia to include retailing when it boughtTXU Merchant Energy in 2005.[14] And in 2002 CLP acquired an Indian company, Gujarat Paguthan Energy Corporation Private Limited.[12]
CLP has a number ofpower stations in Asia. While most are eithercoal-fired orfossil fuel power stations,[citation needed] the company also generates electricity usingnuclear,[16][non-primary source needed]solar energy andwind power.[19]
Hong Kong sites includeBlack Point Power Station,[16][non-primary source needed]Castle Peak Power Station,[18] andPenny's Bay Power Station.[16][non-primary source needed]
CLP was the equity investors of two power stations inGuangdong province,Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant andGuangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station inConghua,Guangzhou.[16][non-primary source needed] It also operates aGuangxi province plant, Fangchenggang power station.[14][non-primary source needed]
CLP power stations in India include gas powered Gujarat Paguthan Energy Corporation's former stationPaguthan Combined Cycle Power Plant[19] and acoal-fired power stationMahatma Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project atJhajjar, Haryana, that was commissioned in 2012.[19]
The company also has a number ofwind power sites in the country.[19] It has now signed up for its very first solar project - Veltoor at Telangana.[21]
EnergyAustralia is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP and is one of Australia's largest integrated energy businesses. As of 2013, EnergyAustralia generates electricity from coal, gas and renewable energy sources, and retails electricity and gas, of 5,662MW to over 2.8 million residential and business users acrossVictoria,South Australia,New South Wales, theAustralian Capital Territory andQueensland.[citation needed]
From 2005 until 2011, CLP Group held a 50% shareholding inRoaring 40s that operatedwind farms in Australia, China, Hong Kong and India.[22][23][24]
CLP established its presence in Southeast Asia and Taiwan in the early 1990s.[16][non-primary source needed] Since then, they have built a portfolio of quality assets in the region.
Following the divestment of interest in EGCO[12] in Thailand in early 2011, their investments currently consist of the Ho-Ping coal-fired project in Taiwan and the Lopburi solar farm in Thailand.[citation needed] They are also co-developing two coal-fired projects in Vietnam.[citation needed]
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