News and media releases

  • | Media release

    Strengthening the security of supply in the greater Basel area

    Swissgrid is planning an extra-high-voltage line between Flumenthal (canton of Solothurn) and Froloo (municipality of Therwil, canton of Basel-Country). In the long term, this new line will strengthen the security of supply in the greater Basel area and therefore across Switzerland. Swissgrid has worked out three possible variants for the line routing and technology.
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  • | Media release

    Swissgrid issues another corporate bond

    On 24 May 2022, Swissgrid Ltd again successfully placed a bond on the capital market. The volume amounts to CHF 175 million.
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  • | Media release

    Shareholders approve all proposals by the Board of Directors

    Two new Board members elected
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  • | News

    Grid usage model for the Swiss transmission system

    Updated version of central electrical industry document enters into force.
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  • | Media release | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

    Grid stability is the top priority

    Swissgrid achieves a solid result in a challenging environment.
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  • | Media release

    Changes to Swissgrid Board of Directors

    Isabelle Moret and Kerem Kern will step down from the Swissgrid Board of Directors on 18 May 2022.
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  • | Media release

    The La Bâtiaz – Le Verney underground link is in service

    The Nant de Drance power plant is definitively connected to the extra-high-voltage grid.
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  • | Media release

    Bickigen – Chippis voltage increase delayed

    The voltage increase on the line between Bickigen (BE) and Chippis (VS) has been delayed due to appeals lodged with the Federal Administrative Court. Swissgrid is planning to modernise the extra-high-voltage line for future operation at a voltage of 380 kilovolts. This increase is important in order to eliminate a bottleneck in the Swiss transmission grid and to increase security of supply in the Valais and Central Switzerland.
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  • | Media release | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

    Rising prices on European electricity markets will lead to higher tariffs in 2023

    A household with an annual consumption of 4,500 kWh will pay an average of CHF 70 for Swissgrid’s services in 2023. This amounts to around 8 percent of its annual electricity costs.
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  • | News

    Emergency synchronisation of the power systems in Ukraine and Moldova with Continental Europe successful

    The transmission system operators of continental Europe have decided to synchronise the transmission systems of Ukraine and Moldova with the continental European power system.
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