2/2012 - Fingrid

Fingrid remains atthe top of internationalcomparisonFingrid ranked at the top in the internationalITOMS* maintenancebenchmarking study for the ninthconsecutive time. The benchmarkingcovering the years 2010 and 2011concerned 27 transmission systemoperators from around the world.In the cost-effectiveness comparison,Fingrid’s placing was slightly lowerthan in the previous study. The resultreflects Fingrid’s considerable inputin the restoration of guy structures intransmission line towers in recent yearsso as secure safety and system security.Fingrid did particularly well in circuitbreaker maintenance and in the managementof vegetation in the rights-ofways.In both of these sectors, the qualitylevel was very high, while the costswere among the lowest in the referencegroup.The ITOMS study compares theperformance quality, efficiency andeconomy in the electricity transmissionindustry every two years. The goal is tofind best practices and methodologies aswell as to learn from other companies.*International Transmission andMaintenance StudyFingrid in socialmediaFingrid has expanded its communicationsin Finnish to social media. Thecompany is now on both YouTube andFacebook.Fingrid’s YouTube website shows presentationfilms of issues such as theoperations of the transmission systemoperator, its compliance with the principlesof corporate social responsibility,and its role as an employer. You canalso get to meet Fingrid people workingwith various duties, see the video materialof a topical electricity safety campaign,and learn about the principles ofthe Finnish power system.The company’s Facebook site (www.facebook.com/fingridfi) is the basic informationchannel for the general publicin the Finnish language. In additionto current news, the site contains informationon issues such as all vacanciesGRID QUIZCompetition to the readers of Fingrid MagazineAnswer the below questions and send your reply by fax (number+358 (0)30 395 5196) or mail to Fingrid no later than 30 September 2012.Address: Fingrid Oyj, PL 530, 00101 HELSINKI, FINLAND. Mark theenvelope with “Verkkovisa”. You can also send your reply to Grid Quizonline. The link can be found on the home page of our website www.fingrid.fi. Among all those who have given right answers, we will give fivelanterns powered by a solar cell as prizes by drawing lots.The answers to the questions can be found in the articles of this magazine.1. Fingrid’s first field tower will be erected inHyvinkääHikiäForssa2. The testing of a single transmission line tower at the testing station takesin all approximately2 months4 months6 months3. Last April, Fingrid issued a bond with a value of200 million euros300 million euros400 million euros4. The undertaker in the videos of the campaign “Beware before action nearelectrical networks” is played byAntti ReiniTapio LiinojaVille Virtanen5. If a machine part has hit the transmission line or if a tree has fallen on theline, you need to leave the siterunning as fast as you canjumping with your legs kept together or bounding so that only one foot ata time touches the groundcreeping while crouched6. Of the electricity used on the Åland Islands, how much is produced onmainland Finland?approx. 7 per centapprox. 15 per centapprox. 20 per cent7. What was the first country in the world to introduce the 400 kilovoltvoltage in electricity transmission?JapanRussiaSwedenWinners of prizes of the Grid Quiz in the previous Fingrid magazine (1/2012):Jarmo Henriksson, Turenki; Lidia Lybek, Helsinki; Kimi Patja, Turku; ArtoKöykkä, Muhos; Tuomo Jokinen, Helsinki.in the company. FINGRID 2/2012 | 25