1992 headquarters oslo norway area served norway key people auke lont ceo products power grid revenue nok 5906 million 2015 operating income nok 1714 million 2015 net income nok 1103 million 2015 number of employees 1226 2015 parent government of norway website www.statnett.no statnett is a norwegian state owned enterprise responsible for owning operating and constructing the stem power grid in norway . the company has its headquarters in oslo norway . statnett also owns 30 % of the nord pool spot along with other nordic transmission system operators . contents 1 network 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links network edit external image grid map and development plan statnett is the transmission system operator in norway operating 11 000 km of high power lines . 1 there are plans to upgrade the western grid from 300 to 420 kv at a cost of 8 billion nok 2 partly to accommodate cables 3 to germany 4 and england . 5 the power grid in norway is divided into three sectors the stem net the regional net and the local net . while it is often local municipalities who own the regional and local net the government through statnett owns the stem net . the stem net typically has 300 to 420 kilovolts kv and is used to transport electricity large distances . there are a number of international power cables from norway to abroad including lines to sweden 3 600 mw finland 120 mw russia 50 mw denmark 1 700 mw submarine cable cross skagerrak and the netherlands 700 mw submarine cable norned . statnett also participates in the nord.link and north sea link projects proposed submarine cables to germany and england respectively . 6 7 8 history edit statnett s operations were originally part of norges vassdrags og energiverk nve . in 1986 nve was split in an operation company statskraftverkene and a directorate norges vassdrags og energidirektorat . statskraftverkene was split into statnett power grid and statkraft production in 1992 . see also edit statnett participates in the following international organisations european network of transmission system operators for electricity ebix references edit http www.statnett.no en about statnett western corridor in norwegian http www.statnett.no nettutvikling vestre korridor oppstart av arbeid pa vestre korridor http www.statnett.no en projects nordlink http www.statnett.no en projects cable to the uk statnett and e.on mull norway germany subsea cable . power engineering international . pennwell corporation . 2008 01 10 . retrieved 2010 11 14 . statnett and e.on netz launch joint feasibility study for a dc cable between norway and germany . transmission & distribution world . penton media inc. 2008 02 06 . retrieved 2010 11 14 . statnett enters into the norger project press release . statnett . 2010 06 23 . retrieved 2010 11 14 . external links edit official website v t e companies wholly owned by the government of norway airport express train argentum baneservice electronic chart centre gassco kings bay mesta norwegian broadcasting corporation norsk tipping norway post norwegian state railways petoro secora siva statkraft statnett store norske uninett vinmonopolet list of norwegian government enterprises retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title statnett & oldid 744139804 categories electric power transmission system operators in norwaygovernment owned companies of norwaycompanies established in 1992ministry of petroleum and energy norway navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisnederlandsnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 10 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view