Skip to content
Category

Government-owned energy companies

page 1
Enel
Enel S.p.A. is an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas. Enel was first established as a public body at the end of 1962, and then transformed into a limited company in 1992. In 1999, following the liberalisation of the electricity market in Italy, Enel was privatised. The Italian state, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is the main shareholder, with 23.6% of the share capital as of 31 December 2024.
Électricité de France
French multinational electric utility company
Fortum
Fortum Oyj is a Finnish state-owned energy company located in Espoo, Finland. It mainly focuses on the Nordic region. Fortum operates power plants, including co-generation plants, and generates and sells electricity and heat. The company also sells waste services such as recycling, reutilisation, final disposal solutions and soil remediation and environmental constructions services, and other energy-related services and products e.g. consultancy services for power plants and electric vehicle charging. Fortum is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
Vattenfall
Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish state. Beyond Sweden, the company generates power in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
Israel Electric Corporation
largest supplier of electrical power in Israel
LKAB
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) is a state-owned Swedish mining company. The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since 1976. The iron ore is processed to pellets and sinter fines, which are transported by Iore trains (Malmbanan) to the harbours at Narvik and Luleå and to the steel mill at Luleå (SSAB). Their production is sold throughout much of the world, with the principal markets being European steel mills, as well as North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. LKAB's mines
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna
Polish energy company
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo
Polish state-controlled oil and gas company
Uniper
Uniper SE is a German multinational energy company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, which has been a state-owned enterprise since late 2022. It is one of the biggest energy companies by revenue in Europe. The name of the company is a portmanteau of "unique" and "performance", which was given by long-term employee Gregor Recke. Uniper was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel assets into a separate company that began operating on 1 January 2016. In 2019, the company employed about 6,800 people in over 40 countries. In 2018, around one-third of the employees were based in German
Latvenergo
Latvenergo is a state-owned electric utility company in Latvia. Latvenergo Group provides energy supply services in the Baltics.
Verbund
Verbund AG, formerly known as Verbundgesellschaft or Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG, is Austria's largest electricity provider. Verbund covers around 40 percent of electricity demands in Austria and generates 90 percent thereof from hydro power. In addition, Verbund operates the supraregional power grid through its subsidiary APG. Verbund AG is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and in the Austrian Traded Index, the key index of Austrian stock-listed companies. The largest shareholder, at 51%, is the Republic of Austria.
EnBW
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Ignitis
Ignitis Group (Ignitis grupė AB; former name: Lietuvos Energija UAB) is a state-owned energy holding company located in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Group’s core business is focused on operating Lithuania’s electricity distribution network (Networks) and managing and developing its Green Generation Portfolio (Green Generation). The Group also manages strategically important reserve capacities (Reserve Capacities) and provides services to its customers (Customers & Solutions), including the supply of electricity and natural gas, solar, e-mobility, energy efficiency and innovative energy solutions fo
Tamoil
thumb|Service station in the Netherlands thumb|Holborn refinery, Germany
GAIL
GAIL (India) Limited (formerly known as Gas Authority of India Ltd.) is an Indian state-owned energy corporation with primary interests in the trade, transmission production and distribution of natural gas. GAIL also has interests in the exploration and production of solar and wind power, telecom and telemetry services (GAILTEL) and electricity generation. GAIL was founded as the Gas Authority of India Ltd. in August 1984 under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to build, operate and maintain the HVJ Gas Pipeline. On 1 February 2013, the Indian government conferred GAIL with Maharatna s
Taiwan Power Company
electric utility company of Taiwan
Fingrid
thumb|Fingrid logo
Elektroprivreda Srbije
Serbian energy company
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske
Bosnian state-owned integrated power company
Landsvirkjun
Landsvirkjun, () the National Power Company of Iceland, is Iceland's largest electricity generator. Landsvirkjun operates 21 power plants in Iceland concentrated across five main operational areas.
Energinet
Energinet is the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas. It is an independent public enterprise owned by the Danish state under the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Energinet has some 1150 employees, and its headquarters are located in Erritsø near Fredericia in Jutland. The gas division is located in Ballerup near Copenhagen.
Hrvatska elektroprivreda
national power company in Croatia
Litgrid, AB
Litgrid AB is a Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator that operates Lithuania's electricity transmission grid. Litgrid is responsible for the integration of the Lithuanian electricity system into the European electricity infrastructure and the common electricity market.
Vietnam Electricity
power company in Vietnam
TenneT
TenneT is a transmission system operator in the Netherlands and in a large part of Germany.
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne
Polish transmission system operator
Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine
Bosnian public electric utility company
Electricity Generation Company
electricity generating and trading organization owned by the Turkish state
Nukissiorfiit
Nukissiorfiit is a government-owned Greenland energy company. Nukissiorfiit means "where energies are created". The company supplies most of Greenland with electricity, water and heat. Most of the electricity is produced by hydro power such as the Qorlortorsuaq Dam. 70% of Greenland's energy is produced by renewable sources. The rest is produced by oil burned plants. There is no national grid in Greenland, all towns have isolated electricity generation, with the exception of the Qorlortorsuaq Dam, which serves both Qaqortoq and Narsaq. The company employs 400 people, spread on 17 cities and 54
Gaz-System
OGP Gaz-System S.A. () is a designated natural gas transmission system operator in Poland.
SEV
energy company and renewable energy supplier in the Faroe Islands
Sonelgaz
Sonelgaz (, ''Société Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz'', National Company for Electricity and Gas) is a state-owned utility in charge of electricity and natural gas distribution in Algeria. It was established in 1969, replacing the previous body Electricité et gaz d'Algérie (EGA), and was given a monopoly over the distribution and selling of natural gas within the country as well as the production, distribution, importation, and exportation of electricity. In 2002, its monopoly was revoked by presidential decree N° 02-195, which legally converted it into a private (though entirely governm
Augstsprieguma tīkls
Latvian electricity transmission system operator
Volta River Authority
main generator and supplier of electricity in Ghana
Power Finance Corporation
Public Sector Undertaking in India
Senelec
thumb|A Senelec agency at Ziguinchor in the [[Casamance region]] Senelec (''Société nationale d'électricité du Sénégal'') is the national electricity company of Senegal.
Société nationale d'électricité
national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Saudi Electricity Company
Saudi Arabian electricity company
Kenya Electricity Generating Company
Energy company in Kenya
Elering
Elering AS (former name: OÜ Põhivõrk) is a national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas with headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia. The managing director of Elering is Taavi Veskimägi.
ESB Group
state-owned electricity company in Ireland, with international operations
Elektroprivreda Crne Gore
company
Elektro-Slovenija
Elektro-Slovenija, d.o.o. (ELES) is a state-owned electricity transmission company of Slovenia. The company was founded in 1991 by the Government of Slovenia.
Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas
Tunisian public company
Jirama
Jirama ('''''', ) is a state-owned electric utility and water services company in Madagascar.
Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a Tanzanian parastatal organisation established in 1964. It is wholly owned by the government of Tanzania. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals regulates the operations of TANESCO.
Albanian Power Corporation
Electricity producer in Albania
Belenergo
Belenergo (; ) is a Belarusian state energy concern which manages the economic activities of the electric power complex of Belarus. It is subordinate to the .
Orkuveita Reykjavíkur
energy and utility company
Kemijoki
Finnish energy company
Elektroprivreda HZ HB
public power utility company