We supply more than 1,000,000 private, public and trade customers in Denmark with electricity and/or natural gas. The electricity distribution is concentrated around Copenhagen and the north eastern part of Zeeland. The grid comprises 19,000 kilometres of cables and overhead lines and approximately 10,000 transformer stations. In 2009 approximately 970,000 power take-off points were supplied with electricity through DONG Energy’s distribution net, corresponding to 30% of all power take-off points in Denmark. The total amount of distributed electricity in 2009 was approximately 9,300 GWh.

Strengthening reliability of supply
DONG Energy is currently exchanging approximately 4,000 km of overhead lines with underground cables. This makes the power supply less vulnerable to storm damages and it also improves the appearance of the local areas. In 2009 we have completed the areas that were most exposed to storm damages. As a consequence of the general economic slowdown and the lower energy prices DONG Energy has reduced its investments. As a result of this the remaining overhead lines will be dismantled at a reduced speed. The cable-laying process is expected to be completed during 2014.