For Energy, Telecommunications, Transport and Community Services

LINZ AG is run as an active management holding with four operative subsidiaries and with
one service subsidiary. LINZ AG is a multi utility, which serves an area of approx. 2.243
square kilometres and employs approx. 2.700 members of staff.
One of the operative subsidiaries is the energy division, with electricity generation,
distribution and telecommunications (LINZ STROM,) as well as gas and district heating
LINZ GAS / WÄRME).

Within LINZ STROM there is the metering department, where just recently innovative multi
utility remote metering solutions were developed, and are currently being rolled out.
230.000 intelligent electronic meters to be installed over the next years)
LINZ STROM has also an excellent expertise and know how in providing the backbone
network and computing capabilities to run sophisticated services like intelligent energy
management solutions on.
LINZ STROM has a growing fibre optic network and has gained also immense practical
experience in providing a broadband PLC access network to its customers and to use PLC
for utility purposes in order to enable smart grid solutions.

LINZ STROM has successfully participated in two FP6 projects. See references below.