Repower (until May 2010 ''Rätia Energie AG'') is an international energy utility with its operational headquarters in

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(Canton Graubünden,

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). The company's history goes back more than 100 years, with the foundation in 1904 of Kraftwerke Brusio AG. Its key markets include

and

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. The group operates along the entire value chain, from generation and trading to sales. The Repower Group employs 731 people, 252 of whom in

(plus 445 sales agents) and 479 in

(plus 34 apprentices).

History

For more than 100 years, Repower has been one of the largest providers of

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

. Founded in 1904 as ''Kraftwerke Brusio AG'', the same year the company started construction of its first power plant − at the time the largest high-pressure hydropower installation in

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− in

Campocologno Brusio (; ) is a municipality in the Bernina Region in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. History Brusio is first mentioned in 1106 as ''Bruse''. It was first mentioned as Brusio in 1212. Previously it was known as Romansh: ''Brüsch'' and . ...

in the

region of Canton Graubünden,

. Proximity to the Italian border precipitated the company's involvement in international projects and business activities. In 2000, Kraftwerke Brusio AG (

), ''AG Bündner Kraftwerke'' (

Klosters Klosters is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos Region, Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons o ...

) and ''Rhätische Werke für Elektrizität AG'' (

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) merged to create the ''Rätia Energie AG'' group, which was subsequently joined by ''aurax ag'' (

Ilanz Ilanz () is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Surselva (district), Surselva in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons. The former municipality of Ilanz was congruent with the town ...

) in 2004. In 2002 the group embarked on business in

. In 2010, Rätia Energie AG was renamed Repower AG.

Operations

Repower's primary activities are production, trading and sale of electricity and natural gas across Switzerland and Italy. The company produces electricity from a number of energy sources including

hydroelectric power Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

wind power Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly used to generate electricity. This article deals only with wind power for electricity ge ...

solar power Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to c ...

and

thermal power A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...

. In 2024 Repower generated (including energy from subsidiaries and participations) a total of around 2.6 TWh of electricity: * Hydroelectric energy 59% * Wind energy 8% * Solar energy 2% * Thermal power 20% * Nuclear power 11%

Shareholder structure

The company's

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are: * Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich 38.49% *Canton Graubünden 27.00% *(UBS-)Clean Energy Infrastructure KmGK (CEIS 3/UBS-CEIS 2) 23.04% *

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11.47%

Financial highlights

Repower prepares its accounts in

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. Its 2024 results were announced on 9 April 2025. {, class="wikitable" , - ! 2024 financial highlights !! CHF

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Online Report Financial Highlights 2024
, - , Total operating revenue, , 2.485 , - , Group profit, , 138 , - , Operating profit (

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), , 175 , - ,

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total, , 2.235 , - , Equity, , 1.181 , -

Offices

the group has offices in Bever,

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, Landquart,

and

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. In

it operates out of an office in

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Executive board

The

executive board A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations ...

comprises the following members:Organisation
. Retrieved 2024-04-09. * Roland Leuenberger,

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of Repower Group * Lorenzo Trezzini, Head of Finance, CFO * Fabio Bocchiola, Head of

* Michael Roth, Head of Power Generation & Grid * Dario Castagnoli, Head of Trading, Origination & IT

External links

Repower AG

References

Electric power companies of Switzerland Hydroelectricity in Switzerland companies based in the Grisons poschiavo