The hydroelectric plant was built in part using forced labor by Catholic priests held as political prisoners after the Second World War.[3] The Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant is operated by Ljubljana Sava Hydroelectric Plants (Slovene: Savske elektrarne Ljubljana, SEL).[1][4]
^Tamara Griesser Pečar (2008). "The Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia under Three Totalitarian Regimes". In Jambrek, Peter (ed.). Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes(PDF). Brussels: Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. p. 80. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2019.