ListAmprion GmbH operates a transmission system with the voltage levels of 380.000 and 220.000 volts. The key task of its some 850 employees is to transmit electricity at competitive prices safely and reliably any time. With a length of around 11.000 kilometres and some 160 substations between Lower Saxony and the border to Switzerland and Austria, our extra-high voltage transmission system is the largest in Germany. The system connects power plants with the load centres and at the same time is an important pillar of the German and European transmission grid. Through its central position in Europe, our transmission system is an important hub for electricity trading between Northern and Southern as well as Eastern and Western Europe. We are responsible for one of the largest grid areas in Europe and assume an important task in the european interconnected system.

ListAmprion GmbH operates a transmission system with the voltage levels of 380.000 and 220.000 volts. The key task of its some 850 employees is to transmit electricity at competitive prices safely and reliably any time. With a length of around 11.000 kilometres and some 160 substations between Lower Saxony and the border to Switzerland and Austria, our extra-high voltage transmission system is the largest in Germany. The system connects power plants with the load centres and at the same time is an important pillar of the German and European transmission grid. Through its central position in Europe, our transmission system is an important hub for electricity trading between Northern and Southern as well as Eastern and Western Europe. We are responsible for one of the largest grid areas in Europe and assume an important task in the european interconnected system.

ListRWE distribution grid operates about 190,000 kilometers power line. Electricity distribution Electricity is distributed at local and regional level on lines in the voltage range 0.4 to 110 kV. Disruptions in the distribution grid have a direct impact on consumers. Germany, where we operate distribution networks with a combined length of 347,000 km, has for many years been Europe’s top performer in terms of grid availability. Systemic power outages amounted to just 20.4 minutes per customer in 2009. This is a top result for security of supply throughout Europe, where outages can be twice or even four times as high. To improve security of supply still further and in response to the severe storms we have experienced in recent years, we have begun laying our distribution lines underground in heavily wooded areas. The havoc that can be wrought by bad weather was felt most acutely in 2010 in Hungary, where we have distribution grids with a total length of 44,200 km. Nationwide flooding disrupted electricity supplies, shutting down transformer substations and switchgear. We got down to work immediately and before long had restored the power supply as well as providing technical support for other transmission system operators. By budgeting some €25 billion for the renewal, expansion, maintenance and operation of the Group’s distribution grids in the period 2009 to 2019, we are making a major contribution to security of supply.

ListAmprion GmbH operates a transmission system with the voltage levels of 380.000 and 220.000 volts. The key task of its some 850 employees is to transmit electricity at competitive prices safely and reliably any time. With a length of around 11.000 kilometres and some 160 substations between Lower Saxony and the border to Switzerland and Austria, our extra-high voltage transmission system is the largest in Germany. The system connects power plants with the load centres and at the same time is an important pillar of the German and European transmission grid. Through its central position in Europe, our transmission system is an important hub for electricity trading between Northern and Southern as well as Eastern and Western Europe. We are responsible for one of the largest grid areas in Europe and assume an important task in the european interconnected system.

ListRWE distribution grid operates about 190,000 kilometers power line. Electricity distribution Electricity is distributed at local and regional level on lines in the voltage range 0.4 to 110 kV. Disruptions in the distribution grid have a direct impact on consumers. Germany, where we operate distribution networks with a combined length of 347,000 km, has for many years been Europe’s top performer in terms of grid availability. Systemic power outages amounted to just 20.4 minutes per customer in 2009. This is a top result for security of supply throughout Europe, where outages can be twice or even four times as high. To improve security of supply still further and in response to the severe storms we have experienced in recent years, we have begun laying our distribution lines underground in heavily wooded areas. The havoc that can be wrought by bad weather was felt most acutely in 2010 in Hungary, where we have distribution grids with a total length of 44,200 km. Nationwide flooding disrupted electricity supplies, shutting down transformer substations and switchgear. We got down to work immediately and before long had restored the power supply as well as providing technical support for other transmission system operators. By budgeting some €25 billion for the renewal, expansion, maintenance and operation of the Group’s distribution grids in the period 2009 to 2019, we are making a major contribution to security of supply.