Svenska Kraftnät is a state utility which was established on 1 January 1992. The company administers and runs the national electrical grid which in total consists of approximately 15,000 kilometres of 200 kV and 400 kV lines plus installations, interconnectors to neighbouring countries and IT systems. The duties of the system operator include the responsibility for the electricity system being in a short-term state of balance and its installations working together in an operationally reliable way. Operations are primarily financed by the fees that power producers and network owners pay to transmit power across the grid.
Since July 2005, Svenska Kraftnät also has the system responsibility for the national supply of natural gas.
Svenska Kraftnät has around 300 employees, the majority of whom work at our head office at Vällingby, Stockholm. We also have offices at Sundsvall, Sollefteå and Halmstad, as well as a training centre for linesmen on civil duty at Åsbro. Svenska Kraftnät provides employment for hundreds more people via contract work on the operation and maintenance of the grid all across the country.
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