50Hertz operates the power transmission grid in northern and eastern Germany and is expanding it to meet the needs of the energy transition. Our extra-high voltage grid has a circuit length of over 10,000 kilometers - that's the distance from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. The 50Hertz grid area covers the German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, as well as the city states of Berlin and Hamburg. In these regions, 50Hertz secures the power supply for 18 million people around the clock with more than 1,400 employees. 50Hertz is a leader in the secure integration of renewable energies and is playing a key role in driving forward the energy transition: in our grid area, we aim to securely integrate 100 percent renewable energies into the grid and system by 2032. 50Hertz's shareholders are the listed Belgian holding company Elia Group (80 percent) and KfW Bankengruppe (20 percent). As a European transmission system operator, 50Hertz is a member of the European association ENTSO-E.