Security, Crisis Management and Safety

The electricity supply system fulfils an essential role in society. So we need to do all we can to prevent disruptions to the high-voltage grid caused by extreme weather, flooding, vandalism or sabotage.

Because security of supply is in the national interest, the electricity transmission grid is included in the Ministry of the Interior's National Security Programme. This programme is designed to protect the vital interests of the Netherlands in order to prevent social disruption. TenneT participates in various working groups and uses its own expertise to contribute to identifying and controlling possible risks which may threaten the transmission of electricity across the national high-voltage grid.

TenneT has a well-trained crisis organisation in place which enables it to respond efficiently to emergencies. As in previous years, a series of large-scale exercises took place in 2008, in which collaboration and communication with external parties was put to the test.

While security and crisis management relates predominantly to external threats, TenneT's safety policy targets factors that could threaten the safety of our workforce and others working on our premises. It deals with aspects such as healthy working conditions and preventing absence due to sickness.

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