KEPCO Signs 765kV Transmission Grid Technology Consulting Contract with Burns & McDonnell in the U.S.

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has begun full-fledged cooperation on U.S. transmission grid technology with Burns & McDonnell, the top engineering company in the U.S. power sector, as it moves to enter the American market.
KEPCO announced on the 11th that on the 9th (local time) it signed a "765kV Transmission Grid Technology Consulting Contract (MSA)" with Burns & McDonnell, the leading engineering firm in the U.S. power industry, at the company’s headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
The contract, signed in the presence of both companies’ chief executive officers, is a concrete outcome of the technology cooperation pursued under a cooperation agreement concluded in 2024.
Under this agreement, KEPCO will leverage its full life-cycle technical capabilities in 765kV transmission grid design, construction and operation, accumulated in Korea, to provide technology consulting services for Burns & McDonnell’s 765kV transmission projects in the United States, including design reviews and performance testing of equipment.
Over the next three years starting this year, the two companies will carry out related projects in regions such as the U.S. Midwest, Texas and the central-western states. KEPCO expects the deal to serve as a springboard for securing an early foothold in line with the U.S. plan to expand its 765kV transmission network, a market projected to grow to about 60 billion dollars. Building on this contract, KEPCO also plans to step up efforts to develop follow-up projects aimed at participating in investment projects for extra-high-voltage transmission grids in the United States.
The company also intends to gradually expand cooperation in exporting new energy technologies by utilizing its K-Smart Grid Platform, a package of KEPCO’s core power grid technologies that includes the Intelligent Digital Power Plant (IDPP) and the substation preventive diagnostic system (SEDA).
“Through this technology consulting contract, we expect to contribute to the advancement of U.S. power infrastructure and secure a new growth engine for expanding our business into transmission grid investment projects in the future,” said KEPCO President Kim Dong-cheol.
leeyb@fnnews.com Lee Yu-beom Reporter