South Korea utility proposes Samsung pays $15 billion in advance for power, paper says

The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at the company's store in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) - ⁠Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) has proposed Samsung ⁠Electronics pay 20 trillion won ($15 billion) in advance ‌for power through to 2031 to help fund the expansion of its grid, the Chosun Ilbo reported on Thursday.

It has ​also proposed that SK Hynix ⁠pay 5 trillion won ⁠in advance, the newspaper said, citing an internal KEPCO ⁠document.

Here ‌are some details:

• State-run KEPCO, South Korea's main utility, said in a statement ⁠it had suggested an advance payment scheme ​to major ‌power users including Samsung and SK Hynix, but ⁠that participation, ​interest rates, payment amounts and payment periods had not been finalised.

• Samsung did not have immediate comment. ⁠SK Hynix did not immediately respond ​to a request for comment.

• KEPCO said the proposed arrangement was intended to help meet rising investment ⁠needs from semiconductor and AI data centre projects, while providing companies with more certainty over timely power supply for new factories.

• The utility would use ​the funds to build transmission ⁠and substation networks for chip fabs, while paying the ​companies interest above the yield ‌on 2-year Korean government bonds, ​according to the Chosun report.

($1 = 1,358.6800 won)

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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2025年4月15日，韩国首尔，三星电子门店内的三星电子标志。（路透社/金洪基摄）

首尔，9 月 3 日（路透社）——据《朝鲜日报》周四报道，韩国电力公司 (KEPCO) 已提议三星电子预付 20 万亿韩元（150 亿美元）的电力费用，用于支付到 2031 年的电力供应，以帮助其电网扩建。

该报援引韩国电力公司内部文件称，该公司还提议 SK 海力士预先支付 5 万亿韩元。

以下是一些细节：

• 韩国主要电力公司 KEPCO 在一份声明中表示，该公司已向包括三星和 SK 海力士在内的主要电力用户提出了一项预付款方案，但参与情况、利率、付款金额和付款期限尚未最终确定。

三星方面暂未对此事发表评论。SK海力士方面也暂未回复置评请求。

• 韩国电力公司表示，该提议旨在帮助满足半导体和人工智能数据中心项目不断增长的投资需求，同时为企业提供新工厂及时供电的更大保障。

• 据《朝鲜日报》报道，该公用事业公司将利用这些资金为芯片制造厂建设输电和变电站网络，同时向这些公司支付高于两年期韩国政府债券收益率的利息。

（1美元=1358.6800韩元）

（Joyce Lee报道；Edwina Gibbs编辑）

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