The Axpo Group is Switzerland’s leading energy utility. With its subsidiaries Axpo AG (formerly Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG, NOK), Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (CKW) and EGL AG (EGL). Axpo combines strong local roots with an international outlook.
Axpo's aim is to guarantee a reliable supply of electricity produced from environmentally friendly sources at competitive prices. To this end, it is involved in all phases of the value-added chain: electricity generation and transmission, power distribution and trading. The Axpo mix of nuclear power, hydropower and new energies not only makes economic sense, but also is practically carbon-neutral and therefore climate-friendly.
Axpo has more than 4000 employees and, together with its partners, provides electricity to around three million people in Switzerland and thousands of companies in Europe. Its balance sheet total in 2009-10 was about 17.700 CHF millions.
Axpo has its registered office in Baden and is wholly owned by the cantons of northeastern Switzerland.
