Story of Elenia

Continuous responsible renewal is the story of Elenia. We are building a strong, smart grid and reforming the electricity market as part of a clean transition.

2001–2010

2001 Officials propose a 6-hour outage cutoff after storm Janika.

2002–2008 Smart meters installed for all our customers.

2005–2010 Overhead lines were made more secure through automation, compact primary substations.

2007 Outage web map service as the first in Finland.

2008 SMS outage service as the first in Finland.

2009 Decision on weatherproof network in rural areas as the first DSO. Compensation for outages exceeding 6h as the only DSO in Finland.

2010 Service for the hourly monitoring of electricity consumption as the first in Europe. Integration of smart meters for low voltage network monitoring.

2011–2020

2012 Automatic fault location, isolation and power restoration to shorten outage times for customers.

2013 Web map service of weatherproof works.
Digital service to customers for monitoring electricity consumption.

2017 Customer service production for energy companies, more than a million end customers.

2017–2020 Test pilot of market-based demand flexibility.

2018 Battery concept for regulating and reserve power in outages.

2018–2023 Sustainability programme and reporting. 5 stars in global GRESB sustainability evaluation. Building of optical fibre in connection with a weatherproof network.

2021–2035

2012–2024 Investments in Elenia weatherproof network exceed € 1.5 billion. More than 10,000 man-years of work to our partners. Power outages reduced to a quarter.

2021 SBTi climate commitment based on science. Map service of wind farms connected to our network. EleniaGO mobile game

2021–2025 Development of new smart electricity metering and new meters for customers, enabling demand flexibility and virtual power plants.

2022–2024 Datahub information exchange system for electricity consumption. Listening to customers regarding development of the network. Electric car charging calculator and solar power calculator as services. Near real-time electricity consumption data in Elenia Aina. Opportunity for load control for households.

2035 Aiming for a carbon-neutral Elenia for Scope 1 and 2 emissions.