Essent Netwerk becomes ENEXIS
Essent Netwerk, responsible for the development, maintenance and management of Essent's distribution network, will continue from the beginning of 2009 under the name ENEXIS. This new name represents an important step for the grid company on its route to independence.
The grid company has from time immemorial focused on its social duty and responsibility to provide smooth, safe distribution of gas and electricity and a good service for customers. ENEXIS will also focus on the future of energy distribution in the Netherlands. The grids will be prepared for alternative energy flows, for instance.
There will as yet be no changes affecting customers and others involved with the network company. The new name will be used from the beginning of 2009. In the course of that year ENEXIS will become more visible and recognisable as an independent organisation.
The move towards independence of the grid company is the result of the Independent Network Management Act (Act of Separation). This act stipulates, among other things, that as of 1 January 2011 energy production, trading and supply companies may no longer belong to the same group as grid companies.
About Essent
With an annual turnover of 7.4 billion euros in 2007, Essent is the largest energy company in the Netherlands. Essent supplies electricity, gas and heating to domestic and business customers. Essent is active throughout the entire energy chain: from the production of energy up to and including supply to end users. The corporation views The Netherlands as its home market, but has now also built up a considerable market position in Germany and is doing so increasingly in Belgium too. The corporation's environmental branch processes waste into energy and residual currents. Essent employs around 11,000 people. Essent Network manages the major part of the electricity and gas network in The Netherlands, making it a link between consumers of energy and the energy supplier. The company's main tenets are availability, reliability and safety.