Elenia continues to invest EUR 115 million in weatherproof electricity network in 2016

Elenia´s planned network investments will increase to EUR 115 million this year. The investments are made in all operational areas of Elenia including Häme, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland as well as Southern and Northern Ostrobothnia.

Elenia’s long-term investment programme improves the security of supply and local employment within Elenia’s network area. Elenia constructs this year around 2,500 kilometers of weatherproof electricity network. The underground cabling is carried out by Elenia’s wide group of contractor partners in all provinces of the network area.

Elenia has a total of approximately 67,600 kilometers of electrical network and 417,000 customers. Elenia’s objective is to raise its underground cabling rate to 70% by 2028. In 2009, when Elenia chose to build only weatherproof distribution lines, less than 20% of its electricity lines were underground. Currently, the company’s cabling rate is 34%.

There is about 375,000 kilometers of distribution network in Finland, approximately two thirds of which are overhead lines. Especially in rural areas, the amount of overhead lines is significant.