Customer Success Story: Gemeindewerk Beckenried Background The core business of the municipal utility company is the production, distribution and sale of electricity. Beckenried offers a special feature: self-generated electricity. The Sustli hydroelectric power station as well as the Lätten and Lanzig mini hydropower stations. With an annual output of around 9.4 gigawatts per hour, they produce half of the electricity required in the municipality from a clean primary energy source. Challenges “Treating the environment responsibly has a high priority in the corporate philosophy of our utility company,” explains Peter Feldmann, manager at the Beckenried municipal utility company. “That is why only an SF 6 (sulfur hexafluoride)-free solution could be considered for

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