Ekıbastūz (Kazakh: Екібастұз, [jɛkəbɑsˈtus], ەكئباستۇز; Russian: Экибастуз, romanized: Ekibastuz) is a city in Pavlodar Region, northeastern Kazakhstan.

The history of Ekıbastūz begins in the 19th century, when Kosym Pshembayev, a native Kazakh who was commissioned by Russian merchants to look for mineral resources in that region, alighted on a coal field southeast of Pavlodar.

[4] The revolution in the Russian Empire, as well as two World Wars, distracted the attention of the state from the exploitation of the field.

[6] The construction of GRES-2 was part of a Program for Ekıbastūz coalfield development, foreseeing to be built four thermal power plants, each one of 4,000 MW (8 units x 500 MWe).

From Ekıbastūz to Kokshetau runs an overhead power line designed for a transmission voltage of 1,150 kV, the Ekıbastūz-Kokshetau powerline.

Located in a naturally arid area, the city of Ekıbastūz and its industries are supplied with water primarily from the Irtysh River, via the Irtysh–Karaganda Canal, which passes about 10 km (6 mi) north of Ekıbastūz, where a number of water reservoirs are located.