Salten Kraftsamband

Infobox Company
company_name = Salten Kraftsamband AS
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company_type = Private
foundation = 1956
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location = Fauske, Norway
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area_served = Salten
industry = Power
products = Hydroelectricity
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num_employees = 150 (2007)
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homepage = [http://www.sks.no www.sks.no]
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international = yes

Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norwegian power company that operates eight hydroelectric power stations with annual production of 1,770 GWh. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users. Head offices are located in Fauske.

The company is owned by the City of Bodø (47.72%), DONG Energy (20.35%), Municipality of Fauske (12.83%), Nordkraft (8.86%), Sjøfossen Energi (6.92%) and Skjerstad Kraftlag (3.32%). DONG Energy bought its ownership from Elkem and Meløy Energi while Narvik Energi bought it from Skjerstad Kraftlag and the Municipality of Sørfold.

Operations

Salten Kraftsamband operates Daja, Fagerli, Lomi and Sjønstå power stations in Sulitjelma and Forså, Langvann, Sundsfjord and Oldereid power stations in Salten. It also owns 58% of Rødøy-Lurøy Kraftverk and 60% of Nord-Norsk Vindkraft and part of Fauske Lysverk.

History

SKS was founded in 1956 by the municipalities of Bodø, Bodin and Fauske to create a power grid from the power stations in Sulitjelma to Outer Salten where the largest population was located. The municipalities had cooperates in building the power plants, but needed a separate company to transport the electricity. In the end of the 50s SKS built the Deja station. Still, the current structure of the company arose in 1975 with a merger of Salten Kraftlag. In the 1980s there was major work on creating a vertical integrated power company for all of Salten, and in the long term a county municipality owned company for all of Nordland. But local fluctuation and concern for every petty local job made a consolidation impossible. In 1991 the new energy law was passed, killing the process. In 2000 SKS tried to merge with Bodø Energi and Fauske Lysverk, but the fusion failed.