“I joined Fingrid’s Market Solutions unit in 2022, and have since worked as a project manager in various projects, such as outsourcing of Fingrid’s reserve market surveillance and introduction Long-Term Transmission Right products between Finnish and Estonian bidding zone border.
This spring, I switched to the Power System Operations function as a program manager. Fingrid has launched a Congestion Management program that includes several sub-projects in addition to process development. I’m coordinating this program as a whole.
Congestion management involves managing bottle necks in the electricity grid. Most of the new power generating facilities are being built in the north and on the west coast, while consumption is growing in the south.
Despite new grid investments, electricity transmission needs may increase to the extent that all the produced electricity cannot fit to the grid in some situations. Resolving these congestions requires flexibility from both consumption and production.
These issues lie at the heart of the electricity system and main grid operations – how do we connect as many customers as possible to the grid and there by enable new investments and jobs in Finland.
At the same time, we need to guarantee the security of supply in order to keep the lights on and customers satisfied all across the country – and all this must be done in an economically sustainable way.”
