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| Company type | Municipally owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Hamar,Norway |
Area served | Hedmark Oppland |
Key people | Øistein Andresen (CEO) Pål Egil Rønn (chair) |
| Products | Hydroelectricity |
| Revenue |  NOK 3,500 million (2006) |
Number of employees | 1,000 (2007) |
| Website | www.eidsiva.no |
Eidsiva Energi is aNorwegian energy company based inHamar with large sections ofOppland andHedmark as core market, and is the largest producer, distributor and trader ofelectricity in both counties. The corporation had arevenue ofNOK 3.5 billion andmarket capitalization of NOK 9 billion in 2006. It is owned by Hedmark County as well as by 25 municipalities.
The corporation is decentralised and has ten division offices in the two counties, while the head office is located in downtown Hamar, while the customer centre is located inKongsvinger. It has 163,000 power- and grid customers as well as an electricity production of 3.2TWh, allhydroelectricity, from 20 wholly owned and 24 partially ownedpower plants. It also operates 20,000 kilometers of power grid including 10,000 net stations andtransformers. It also holds a 39.6% stake inMoelven Industrier.
The company was established in July 2000 whenLillehammer og Gausdal Energiverk andHamar-regionen Energiverk merged their respective grid- and trade divisions. On June 6, 2001 Eidsiva Energi andHedmark Energi merged their grid- and trade divisions. On April 15, 2004 the three lower companies merged and thus creating one large corporation calledEidsiva energi Holding AS that included industrial investments and energy production. On April 28, 2005 the company boughtMjøskraft and Mjøskraft Strøm fromHafslund and changed its name to Eidsiva Energi AS in December. In September 2006 it took over the power plants fromVannkraft Øst andOppland Energi.
