Vattenfall not awarded the electricity grid concession in Berlin
The City of Berlin has today announced that its municipal energy company Berlin Energie will be awarded the new concession for the electricity grid in Berlin. Vattenfall has had the concession rights, through its subsidiary Stromnetz Berlin GmbH and previously Bewag, for more than 20 years. Stromnetz Berlin GmbH was recently attested “super-efficient” in the nationwide efficiency comparison.Vattenfall has conducted a dialogue with the City of Berlin about how to develop the electricity grid business and regrets the decision to award the concession rights to the municipal energy company."