Energiselskapet Buskerud, branded as EB is a power company

Power Company

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 based in Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

, Norway

Norway

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. The company operates electricity

Electricity

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 retailing, operates the power grid in Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

, Nedre Eiker

Nedre Eiker

Nedre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker and Øvre Eiker on 1 July 1885.-Name:The Old Norse form of...

 and Kongsberg

Kongsberg

is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....

 and provides services within broadband

Broadband

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. The company is owned by the City of Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

 (50%) and Buskerud County Municipality

Buskerud County Municipality

Buskerud County Municipality is the regional governing administration of Buskerud, Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of the upper secondary schools. It administrates county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture and cultural heritage.-...

 (50%). Power production has been spun off in the partially owned subsidiary EB Kraftproduksjon

EB Kraftproduksjon

EB Kraftproduksjon AS is a Norwegian power company that operates 31 hydroelectric power plants, primarily in Buskerud, with total average annual production of 2.3 TWh. The company is owned by Energiselskapet Buskerud and E-CO Energi ....

, where EB owns 70% and E-CO Energi

E-CO Energi

E-CO Energi is a Norwegian power company and after Statkraft the second largest producer of electricity in Norway.-Structure:E-CO is wholly owned by the City of Oslo. Operations are divided into E-CO Vannkraft, E-CO Norne and Oslo Lysverker...

 owns 30%.

History

The first power plant operated by the company, Granfoss power plant, was established in 1903. In 1991 Drammen Energiverk is transformed to the limited company Drammen Kraft. In 1997 it established Drammen Kraft Produksjon in cooperation with Oslo Energi. In 1999 Drammen Kraft and the county owned Buskerud Energi were merged to create EB. In 2003 it bought ten power plants form Norske Skog

Norske Skog

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