EKT Holding
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1912 2005 (Holding) |
| Seat | Arbon TG , Switzerland |
| management | Martin Simioni (CEO) Peter Schütz ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 100 (FY 2019) |
| Website | www.ekt.ch |
The EKT AG , formerly power station in the canton of Thurgau , is a cantonal power company headquartered in Arbon TG . The company has been ensuring the basic supply of electrical energy in the canton of Thurgau since 1912 . EKT AG is owned by EKT Holding AG, which in turn is owned by the Canton of Thurgau. The share capital is represented by the government council.
history
In 1905, the "Electrical Power Supply Bodensee-Thurtal" (KBT) was founded with headquarters in Arbon . The purpose of the KBT was to supply around 40 communities on the southern shore of Lake Constance and in the Thur Valley from Bischofszell to Frauenfeld with “electrical power”. Because the KBT facilities stretched across the cantons of Thurgau, St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the establishment of an intercantonal company was unsuccessful. In 1911 the canton of Thurgau decided to found its own cantonal company.
On January 1, 1912, the power station of the canton of Thurgau was founded as an independent institution under public law. By means of a referendum, all KBT plant components and energy supply contracts in Thurgau were previously acquired. The place of business was left in Arbon.
In October 2001 the conversion into an independent stock corporation followed . In August 2005 the company name was shortened to EKT AG and in September the company was newly incorporated into a holding structure as a subsidiary of EKT Holding AG .
In 2008, EKT Holding lost 28 million Swiss francs when the Lehman Brothers collapsed . Almost a third of EKT's assets were lost in the process.
Hebbag AG was founded in Bichelsee-Balterswil on June 8, 2009. It produces heat and electricity from the recycling of waste wood. At the end of 2009, a photovoltaic system was generating electricity on an EKT substation. Four more followed by the end of 2010. In 2010, EKT launched the electricity efficiency funding program “Clever Stromspar” for private households, SMEs and municipalities.
In 2011, EKT and the energy supply companies offered a new “Thurgau natural power”. In March, the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plants shocked the whole world. The Federal Council and Parliament then decided to phase out nuclear power. Hebbag took over the existing district heating network from the municipality of Bichelsee-Balterswil and has now also supplied district heating for industrial, commercial and private properties.
Swiss East Power AG was founded on March 20, 2013. It was intended to serve as a vessel through which interested energy providers or political organizations could have participated in technologies and production facilities for renewable energies. It turned out, however, that this vessel is not needed because investors want to participate directly in energy generation plants. The operational business of Swiss East Power AG was therefore discontinued on September 30, 2015. As of October 1, 2013, EKT outsourced the measurement services sector to SWiBi AG. Heat Aadorf AG was founded on November 6, 2015. The wood energy plant supplies around 40 properties in Aadorf with environmentally friendly district heating.
In 2017 Hebbag AG was integrated into EKT AG.
Company data
The EKT Group employs around 100 people and generated a company profit of CHF 10.5 million in the 2019 financial year.
The headquarters with the central control center, administration, sales and the engineering areas of plant construction, line construction, telecommunications and control technology as well as measurement data are located in Arbon TG. The factory building, the garage for the company's own vehicles and the workshops of the assembly groups for the construction, operation and maintenance of the electricity and data network are located in Sulgen TG .
EKT AG owns 15 substations and 28 switching stations and 85 switching cabins. Their coverage area covers 1005 square kilometers. Together with its customers, the local energy supply companies (EVU), it supplies almost 200,000 households with electricity. The line network consists of 452 kilometers of cable lines and 137.2 kilometers of overhead lines as well as 496.1 kilometers of fiber optic lines.
EKT Holding AG belongs to the group of owners of Axpo AG (formerly NOK) and therefore has a 12.25% stake in its parent company Axpo Holding .
subsidiary company
- EKT AG (100%)
- EKT Energie AG (66.28%)
The EKT Energie AG belongs to 33.72 percent of the local power company in Thurgau and 66.28 percent of EKT Holding AG. The main task of EKT Energie AG is the procurement and sale of electrical energy.
- Warmth Aadorf AG (80%)
Wärme Aadorf AG, founded in 2015, operates a wood energy plant and a district heating network in Aadorf. The community of Aadorf and the Aadorf schools each hold 5%, the wood processing company KIFA AG with 10% and EKT Holding AG with 80%.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry of "EKT Holding AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Thurgau
- ↑ a b c Group report 2013/2014 of EKT Holding AG ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.3 MB)
- ↑ Thurgauer Elektrizitätswerk EKT loses CHF 28 million due to Lehman's bankruptcy. ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Handelszeitung . October 2, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
