After UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants.

[3] Since then, it is operated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (Albanian: Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës (KEK)).

On 6 June 2014, the power station exploded killing two people and injuring 13 others.

[4][5] In December 2015, US-based company ContourGlobal signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Kosovo, to build a new $1.06 billion worth power plant to replace 45-year old Kosovo A Power Station.

[6] The construction was expected to start in 2018,[6] but ContourGlobal quit the project in 2020.