New KEPCO KDN President Park Sung-chul took office as the 12th president in a ceremony at the headquarters in Naju, Jeollanam-do, on Feb. 13.
In his inaugural speech, President Park said, “KEPCO KDN will secure related core technologies to nimbly brace for the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution and expand convergence projects combining new and renewal energies and ICT.”
KEPCO KDN, a public entity committed to carrying out roles and responsibilities, will make all-out efforts to spearhead realization of social values by creating jobs, convert temporary workers into regular employees, care for the socially underprivileged and promote development of the local community and shared growth with SMEs, he said.
President Park urged his KEPCO KDN executives and staff members to behave corresponding to public entity values executives and eradicate authoritarian views, breaking down formalities and creating a sound corporate culture with smooth communications.
Park has been with the Korean power industry for 33 years as a seasoned expert. He has held such positions as the head of Seongnam branch, the chief of the New Growth Engine Division, and the head of the Business Division at KEPCO.
KEPCO KDN Leads Smart Grid through Creativity & Convergence
KEPCO KDN is contributing to the stable operation of the power grid around the country by providing IC total services, ranging from power transmission to transformation, distribution, and sales.
The power company is also spearheading a new national energy industry paradigm shift by securing leading capabilities in the smart grid sector. It is accelerating efforts to live up to its vision as a public energy entity leading smart grids through creativity and convergence by exploring overseas markets based on its prominent technology capabilities the company has accumulated in Korea.
KEPCO KDN is putting into practice quality management tenets as a top energy ICT service provider by setting two action guidelines ― strengthening of global quality competitiveness and capabilities to provide customer values ― to realize its value and establishing a master plan for quality management. Since introducing the quality management system ISO 9001, the power company has been strengthening quality management activities. KEPCO KDN has been certified with such international quality standards certification systems as IOS/IEC 20000, 27001, and CMMI.
KEPCO KDN made it onto the list of “2017 Excellent Quality Competitiveness Enterprises” and was selected as one of “Excellent Quality Service Companies” for several consecutive years. In particular, KEPCO KDN is stepping on the gas to explore new businesses, including eco-friendly energy ICT and security businesses.
KEPCO KDN is accelerating efforts to explore new energy businesses as future growth engines and tap such new ICT convergence technology sectors as big data and information security. The moves will align it with the inauguration of the Post 2030 Climate Change Regime in accordance with the Paris Agreement in 2015 and the new government’s energy policy shift.
Making the most of the accumulated energy ICT technologies, the power company has been contributing to the development of eco-friendly energy industries by having successfully built a Hitachi photovoltaic power facility in Japan and a micro grid operation system in Canada.
Of late, KEPCO KDN has been recognized for its technology prowess abroad. The power company successfully completed the Power Development and Reform Program (R-ADPRP) in Kerala, India. The power company has been implementing information security projects at the Cyber Security Center under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) based on the accumulated security business experiences and operational knowhow for a decade to promote the national development through stabilization of security risks.
These prominent outcomes have led to KEPCO KDN’s ability to obtain an “A” grade in a government management evaluation of public entities. The power company is forecast to log more than 600 billion won in sales this year for the first time.
