Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk
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| Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk | |
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| Type | County owned |
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| Founded | 1923 |
| Headquarters | Steinkjer, Norway |
| Key people | Torbjørn R. Skjerve (CEO) Kolbjørn Almlid (Chairman) |
| Area served | Nord-Trøndelag |
| Industry | Energy |
| Revenue |  NOK 1,809 million (2005) |
| Operating income | NOK 694 million (2005) |
| Employees | 950 (2006) |
| Parent | County of Nord-Trøndelag |
| Website | http://www.nte.no |
Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk or NTE is an electricity company serving Nord-Trøndelag in Norway and owned by the County of Nord-Trøndelag. NTE is one of the largest producers of electricity in Norway, with an annual production of 3,995 GWh per year (2005). In addition the company is a provider of electrical installation and electrical application retailing. The company has its headquarters in Steinkjer.
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[edit] Operations
[edit] Power production
NTE operates 22 hydroelectric power plants, two windmill parks and one bioenergy plant, totaling an annual electricity production of 3,995 GWh, about 4% of the total electricity production in Norway. The hydro plants are mostly located in Indre Namdal, Meråker, Mosvik and Verran. NTE's largest plant is the one at Tunnsjødal with an annual production of 840 GWh/year. The bioplant is located in Inderøy while the two windmill parks are located at Hundhammer and Vikna. NTE also owns part of Scanwind, a Norwegian producer of windmills.
[edit] Power distribution
NTE owns the power grid in the entire county. Despite the market being deregulated so anyone can purchase from any supplier in the country, NTE has remained a market share of 96%. The ownership and operations of the power grid was transferred to the subsidiary NTE Nett AS in 2006.
[edit] Other operations
The company also operates electric retail and installation operations through the chains Expert and Elfag. NTE also owns the plumbing company NTE VVS AS. There are also plans construction a network of primarily fiber based broadband supplemented with ADSL to all households in Nord-Trøndelag though the subsidiary NTE Bredbånd AS.
[edit] History
On June 22, 1919 the County of Nord-Trøndelag decided to found NTE and build a hydroelectric power plant at Follafoss in Verran. In 1923 the power plant started operations. In 1938 NTE made its first acquisition of a municipal power company, Stod electrical works. NTE gradually took over the municipal companies until it owned all the companies by 1989. The last purchase was Statkrafts ownership in the powerplants in Indre Namdal in 2004.
