The Demand Connection Code (DCC) has been published. Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 establishing a Network Code on Demand Connection took effect on 7 September 2016. Fingrid has started implementation of the network code and will present the related execution plan in November 2016.
Fingrid’s largest investment ever – a 400 kilovolt transmission connection from Pori to Oulu – was completed in 2016. According to Fingrid’s Executive Vice President Kari Kuusela, the new Western Finland transmission connection meets the challenges of a new era.
The need for ICT expertise is increasing due to the digitalisation of the energy industry. Students were invited to Fingrid’s ICT event to learn and ask questions about the numerous ways information technology is utilised in the company’s operations.
The trophies for lifetime achievement awards presented at Fingrid’s 20th anniversary event were constructed from former insulator discs of the Iron Lady transmission line and modern acrylic parts. Designer student Hilda Rantanen, who designed the trophies, reflected both modern times as well as traditions and roots in her work.
Fingrid launches an Asset and Operation Management platform that is striving to be the industry standard.
The change currently underway in the electricity system requires a new kind of energy policy and stronger markets, Fingrid said when addressing the topic this spring.
The chair of the Green League Ville Niinistö believes that Fingrid is on the wrong track if it ”resists small, renewable energy subsidies”.
The keynote speaker at Fingrid’s 20th anniversary celebration was Marjo Miettinen, owner and member of the board of EM Group. She provides her views on the importance of Fingrid and the future of the electricity market.
According to Fortum Oyj’s President and CEO Pekka Lundmark, energy policy needs to have a balance between climate targets and electricity market efficiency and security of supply. Finland could be an active supporter and developer of a joint energy policy in the Nordic countries.
Suomen Kantaverkko Oy, now known as Fingrid Oyj, was founded on 29 November 1996.
