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Fingrid treats all connection applicants equally. In accordance with the Electricity Market Act, a connection line serving a single customer is the responsibility of the connecting party and is therefore not part of the transmission grid. Extending the transmission grid to the sea would, in practice, constitute a subsidy at a single generation technology.
Sampo Turunen’s work is rooted in the present, but also looks far into the future.
Intervening in unsafe activity at worksites is not nagging. It is caring for your colleagues.
Fingrid is building the electricity grid to meet the needs of a changing electricity system faster and more efficiently, but also responsibly.
The European Network Codes and Guidelines entered into force about ten years ago. As markets and power system needs have evolved since then, the time has come for updating them.
Everyone should keep safe practices top of mind.

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How is Fingrid’s business financed?

Fingrid aims to allocate the costs of building, maintaining and operating the main grid as fairly as possible among its customers, says Jussi Jyrinsalo, Senior Vice President, Customers and Gripd Planning. Find answers to eight questions about how Fingrid’s operations are financed.

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Why is the transmission grid not extended to the sea in Finland?

Fingrid treats all connection applicants equally. In accordance with the Electricity Market Act, a connection line serving a single customer is the responsibility of the connecting party and is therefore not part of the transmission grid. Extending the transmission grid to the sea would, in practice, constitute a subsidy at a single generation technology.