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Redes Energéticas Nacionais

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REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A.
Company typeSociedade Anónima
EuronextRENE
IndustryUtilities
Founded1994
HeadquartersAv. dos Estados Unidos da América 55, 1000-003 Lisbon, Portugal
Key people
Rodrigo Costa (Chairman and CEO)
ServicesTransmission system operator; storage and transportation of LNG
€100.2 million (2016)
Number of employees
700 (2022)
Websiteren.pt

REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. (formerly Rede Eléctrica Nacional S.A.) is a Portuguese energy sector company which is the current concession holder of the country's two main energy infrastructure networks: the National Electricity Transmission Grid (RNT) and the National Natural Gas Transportation Grid (RNTGN). It is responsible for the planning, construction, operation, maintenance and global technical management of both these grids and associated infrastructures. Its stated mission is to provide a guarantee of an uninterrupted and stable supply of energy while ensuring equal rights of grid access to the remaining participants in the energy market, including consumers, generators and distributors.

The company is also involved with the storage and transportation of liquefied natural gas, and owns and operates an LNG regasification terminal located at Sines.

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