State Grid Corporation of China
State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) (Simplified Chinese: 国家电网公司) is the largest electric power provider in China, formerly know as "State Power Corporation" (国家电力公司) which include both the electric grid and power plants all over mainland China. It is headquartered in Beijing.
After the "Plant - Grid Separation" reform since early 2000s, State Grid Corp. operate power transmission, distribution and other assets of power grid. The power plants separated from State Power Co. were divided by five "power generation groups".
Corporate social responsibility
In the year of 2006, SGCC, in a project called "Power for All", ran electric lines to 545,000 previously unconnected households in rural areas, offering the occupants free power indefinitely. Families were able to buy their first refrigerators, televisions and radios, dishwashers, computers, washing machines, water boilers, heaters and air conditioning units. Farmers have stopped hauling water by installing automated irrigation systems. Over the 2007-2008 period, SGCC plans to spend $3 billion to do the same for 4.5 million of China's poorest people in 18 provinces.
Other CSR projects involve investing in eco-friendly energy.