Elenia has entered into long-term construction and maintenance agreements with its partners

Distribution system operator Elenia has entered into long-term construction and maintenance agreements with its partners. The agreements cover construction and maintenance of electricity distribution networks, fault repair and customer-initiated site services. The term of the agreements is seven years including options periods and the annual contract value is approximately 30 million euros.

Effective from February 2017, Elenia’s annual agreement partners are Pohjolan Werkonrakennus Oy, Empower PN Oy, Eltel Networks Oy, Voiman Oy, Sähkömirake Oy and Relacom Finland Oy.

The agreements have long-standing positive impact on employment within Elenia’s network regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland as well as Southern and Northern Östrobothnia.

“These partnerships promote employment to the prospective regions for years to come. Our determined efforts to improve security of supply by building weatherproof electricity network for the future needs of the society continue steadily”, Elenia’s Head of Construction and Partnerships Jarkko Kohtala explains.

”Specific focus area for us jointly with our partners in the upcoming contract period is the ease of use of Elenia’s services for our customers. Long contract period enables the development of services and operations”, Mr. Kohtala underlines.

Elenia is investing 115 million euros during the current year for weatherproofing its electricity distribution network by installing 2500 km of underground cables. Elenia’s target is to increase underground cabling rate to 70% by 2028.

For further information please contact: Mr. Jarkko Kohtala, Head of Construction and Partnerships, Elenia Oy, tel.+358 400 513054.