In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “main supplier of electrical power in israel”. Today it says “largest supplier of electrical power in israel and the palestinian territories”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Israel Israel Electric Corporation ( , abbreviation: IEC) is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel .1IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks. The company is the sole integrated electric utility in the State of Israel and generates, transmits and distributes substantially all the electricity used in the State of Israel.2 The State of Israel owns approximately 99.85% of the Company. The Palestine Electric Company Ltd in the early 1920s.3The Company was founded by Pinhas Rutenberg and incorporated in mandatory Palestine on March 29, 1923, with its main object to produce, supply, distribute and sell electricity to the consumers. Israel Electric Corp. was first registered under the name "The Palestine Electricity, Corporation Limited", which was changed in the year 1961 to its present name "The Israel Electric Corporation Limited". The IEC is one of the largest industrial companies in Israel, owning and operating an extensive nationwide power distribution network fed by 17 power station sites (including 5 major thermal power stations ) with an aggregate installed generating capacity of 10,899 MW. Most of the base load electricity is generated using coal, though by the end of 2010, the company expects the majority (55%) of total installed generation capacity to be in the form of natural gas plants. In 2009, the Company sold 48,947 GWh, of electricity. To meet projected future electricity demand, IEC capital investment program provides for the addition of 2,578 MW of installed capacity by the end of 2011. In addition, the government of Israel is seeking private companies to generate an additional several thousand megawatts by the middle of the 2010's which will then be distributed by the IEC. The Orot Rabin power station owned by the IEC has Israel's second tallest structure, a chimney, standing at 300m, while Tel Aviv's distinctive Reading Power Station was one of its earliest.4
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The Israel Electric Company Ltd in the early 1920s Israel Electric Corporation ( , abbreviation: IEC) is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel . IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks. The company is the sole integrated electric utility in the State of Israel and generates, transmits and distributes substantially all the electricity used in the State of Israel. The State of Israel owns approximately 99.85% of the Company.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Palestine Electric Corporation, Limited in the early 1920s Israel Electric Corporation ( , abbreviation: IEC) is the largest supplier of electrical power in Israel .The IEC builds, maintains, and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as transmission and distribution networks. The company is the sole integrated electric utility in the State of Israel. Its installed generating capacity represents about 75% of the total electricity production capacity in the country.It transmits and distributes substantially all the electricity used in Israel, including power generated by other producers. The State of Israel owns approximately 99.85% of the company.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli electricity company The first diesel-powered station in Tel Aviv, architect Joseph Berlin, built in 1923 Israel Electric Corporation ( , abbreviation: IEC) is the largest supplier of electrical power in Israel and the Palestinian territories . The IEC builds, maintains, and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as transmission and distribution networks in Israel. The company is the sole integrated electric utility in the State of Israel. Its installed generating capacity represents about 75% of the total electricity production capacity in the country. It transmits and distributes substantially all the electricity used in Israel, including power generated by other producers. The State of Israel owns approximately 99.85% of the company.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli electricity company The first diesel-powered station in Tel Aviv, architect Joseph Berlin, built in 1923 Israel Electric Corporation ( IEC ; Hebrew : חברת החשמל לישראל ) is the largest supplier of electrical power in Israel and the Palestinian territories . The IEC builds, maintains, and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as transmission and distribution networks in Israel. The company is the sole integrated electric utility in the State of Israel. Its installed generating capacity represents about 75% of the total electricity production capacity in the country. It transmits and distributes substantially all the electricity used in Israel, including power generated by other producers. The State of Israel owns approximately 99.85% of the company.
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main supplier of electrical power in israel
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largest supplier of electrical power in israel and the palestinian territories
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