Austrian Power Grid

Austrian Power Grid AG, commonly known as APG, is an Austrian electricity transmission system operator. Its role is distinct from electricity generation and retail supply: APG operates the high-voltage transmission network and carries out system responsibilities needed to keep electricity supply and demand balanced. The company describes its grid as the backbone of Austria’s electricity supply and identifies itself as the control-area manager and independent transmission system operator for Austria’s highest-voltage network. The company’s stated responsibilities include operating, maintaining, optimizing, reinforcing and expanding the transmission system, while meeting applicable national and European climate and energy objectives. As control-area manager, APG is responsible for power-frequency regulation in its control area. Its mission also emphasizes reliable and secure access to the grid, nondiscriminatory treatment of eligible network customers, cooperation with neighboring control areas and downstream network operators, and balancing efficiency with environmental and sustainability considerations. APG serves the Austrian electricity system. The supplied company website describes a network of about 7,000 km and reports more than 1,000 specialists, while the supplied Wikipedia excerpt describes approximately 3,400 km of transmission lines and about 600 employees. These figures differ across the supplied sources and are not directly reconciled here. The Wikipedia excerpt identifies APG as a wholly owned subsidiary of VERBUND; it also states that VERBUND is majority-owned by the Republic of Austria. APG presents itself as critical infrastructure and highlights the importance of network expansion and innovation to support a secure electricity supply and the energy transition. Its homepage states an investment plan of €9 billion through 2035. The company’s current executive information in the supplied evidence names Gerhard Christiner as spokesperson of the management board and technical board member, and Marcus Karger as chief financial officer; both are identified as having taken their current roles in July 2024.

Austrian Power Grid AG (APG) is an Austrian transmission system operator responsible for the high-voltage electricity network. The supplied evidence does not state its founding date or identify a founder, so those details are not included here. The sources establish its current role and ownership rather than a complete chronology of the company’s formation. APG’s operating remit combines grid operation with control-area responsibilities. The company’s mission statement describes it as the control-area manager and independent transmission system operator for Austria’s highest-voltage grid. In that capacity, it is responsible for power-frequency regulation within its control area and for operating, maintaining and developing the network. APG describes the transmission grid as the backbone of Austria’s electricity supply and frames its work around maintaining secure and reliable service while planning ahead for future network needs. The company’s stated principles include making the high-voltage grid available to eligible network customers on secure, cost-conscious, environmentally compatible and efficient terms, with equal treatment and nondiscrimination. It also identifies cooperation with neighboring control-area managers, downstream network operators and the balance-group coordinator as part of its responsibilities. Its mission links efficient company management and sustainable thinking with the legal duties of an independent transmission operator and the requirements of national and European climate and energy objectives. The supplied Wikipedia excerpt identifies APG as a wholly owned subsidiary of VERBUND and states that VERBUND is majority-owned, with 51%, by the Republic of Austria. The excerpt describes APG as owning and operating Austria’s highest-voltage transmission lines and associated substations and high-power switching stations. The official homepage separately reports a network of about 7,000 km and 67 substations or switching installations; the supplied Wikipedia excerpt gives approximately 3,400 km of lines and describes voltage levels from 110 kV to 400 kV. Because the sources provide different network-length figures, this dossier preserves the distinction instead of inferring that they use the same measurement scope. The official homepage reports more than 1,000 employees and highlights research and innovation activity, while the supplied Wikipedia excerpt gives an employee figure of about 600. The official organization page identifies Gerhard Christiner as spokesperson of the management board since July 2024 and as a technical board member since 2012. It identifies Marcus Karger as chief financial officer since July 2024, following a period as a finance division manager and authorized signatory at APG. The homepage also presents a plan for €9 billion of investment through 2035. Together, these details describe APG’s present emphasis on operating and expanding critical transmission infrastructure; the supplied evidence does not provide further dated corporate-history milestones.

• Gerhard Christiner becomes a technical board member

• Management-board leadership appointments

• Investment plan horizon

An independent Austrian transmission system operator and critical-infrastructure operator focused on secure, reliable and efficient electricity transmission and the long-term development of the national grid.

• High-voltage transmission network operation

  Operation and development of Austria’s highest-voltage electricity transmission network.

• Control-area management

  Control-area responsibilities include power-frequency regulation and supporting the balance between electricity generation and consumption.

• Transmission-grid planning and expansion

  Forward planning, maintenance, optimization, reinforcement and expansion of the transmission system.

• Long-term transmission investmentOther

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