Repower

Repower owns part of the Swiss transmission grid (380 kV/220 kV): the international Bernina line was realized by the rhaetian group. This strategically important north-south line went into operation in 2005. According to a special provision which will last until 2011, those entitled for transportation have the sole right on Switzerland's transmission capacity on this line. Within the end of 2012 the line will be incorporated into the national grid company swissgrid, in which Repower is a shareholder.

In 2009, eighteen months after construction started, the first merchant line built under the new European legislation was commissioned. The 4.4 kilometre-long, 150 kV line, which runs underground for its entire length, joins Campocologno (Switzerland) and Tirano (Italy), boosting north-south cross-border capacity and increasing the security of the electricity supply in both countries. The pioneering project also included building a new switching station in Tirano and a new switch bay in Campocologno. Repower and the other partners involved in the project (Edison and the Municipality of Tirano) have exclusive usage rights for a capacity of 150 MW over ten years, which means they do not have to acquire this capacity at auction. The new line is owned by EL.IT.E S.p.a., a company in which Repower holds an interest.