The electricity agreement is essential for the secure and efficient operation of the transmission grid and for Switzerland’s supply of electricity. This means that cooperation with the EU enshrined in international law is necessary, especially as the Swiss electricity grid is integrated into the European grid with 41 international interconnection lines. Moreover, the status quo cannot be maintained without an electricity agreement.

Swissgrid is building the grid of the future, modernising infrastructure and launching innovative solutions.

Close cooperation with the transmission system operators in the EU is of vital importance to ensure a secure and efficient supply of electricity.

Adrian Häsler (58), Head of Business Unit Grid Infrastructure and Deputy CEO, has decided to leave Swissgrid as of 31 March 2026 to take on new tasks, mainly on a strategic level.

Swissgrid welcomes the «Grid express» bill (legislation on the conversion and expansion of the electricity grid), which the Federal Council referred to Parliament today. It contains important legislative changes to ensure that the grid can keep pace with the restructuring of the energy system.

Swissgrid’s shareholders approved all the proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at today’s General Assembly. Astrid Schnidrig was newly elected to the Board of Directors, and amendments were adopted to the Articles of Incorporation.

To ensure that the grid meets future requirements, Swissgrid has updated its long-term grid planning in the Strategic Grid 2040 project and identified 31 key grid projects.

Once again, 2024 underlined the importance of cooperation between European transmission system operators to ensure grid stability, and hence ultimately the success of the transformation of the energy system.