Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norwegian

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that operates eight

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with annual production of 1,770 GWh. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users. Head offices are located in

Fauske Fauske may refer to: Places *Fauske Municipality, a municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Fauske (town), a town within Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway * Fauske Church, a church in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway Pe ...

The company is owned by

Bodø Municipality Bodø (; , ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Bodø (town ...

(47.72%), Troms Kraft (20.35%),

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(12.83%), Nordkraft (8.86%), Sjøfossen Energi (6.92%) and Skjerstad Kraftlag (3.32%). DONG Energy bought its ownership from

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and Meløy Energi while Narvik Energi bought it from Skjerstad Kraftlag and

Sørfold Municipality Sørfold is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of S ...

. In 2010, DONG Energy sold its stake to Troms Kraft.

Operations

Salten Kraftsamband operates the Daja, Fagerli,

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, and Sjønstå power stations on the

Sjønstå River The Sjønstå River (, known as the ''Langvasselva'' in its upper course) is a river in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The river is located in the valley between the Fauske (town), town of Fauske and the village of Sulitjelma. ...

Sulitjelma , , or is a village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet (Fauske), Langvatnet lake, ...

and the Forså, Langvann, Sundsfjord, and Oldereid power stations in

Salten Salten is a traditional district in Nordland county, Norway. It includes the municipalities of Gildeskål, Bodø, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, and Hamarøy. Salten covers an area of about and has a population (2016) of about ...

. It also owns 58% of Rødøy-Lurøy Kraftverk and 60% of Nord-Norsk Vindkraft and part of

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History

SKS was founded in 1956 when

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, and

joined together to create a power grid from the power stations in Sulitjelma to Outer Salten where the largest population was located. The municipalities had cooperated in building the power plants, but needed a separate company to transport the electricity. In the end of the 50s SKS built the Deja station. The current structure of the company arose in 1975 with a merger of Salten Kraftlag. In the 1980s there was major work on creating a vertical integrated power company for all of Salten, and in the long term a county municipality owned company for all of Nordland. But local fluctuation and concern for every petty local job made a consolidation impossible. In 1991 the new energy law was passed, killing the process. In 2000 SKS tried to merge with Bodø Energi and

, but the fusion failed. {{Authority control Electric power companies of Norway Companies based in Nordland Energy companies established in 1956 Companies formerly owned by municipalities of Norway 1956 establishments in Norway