SENG

1990

The company Soške elektrarne turned after 25 years the transmission of electrical energy over to the newly founded company Elektro-Slovenije d.o.o. (ELES). The basic and only activity of the company Soške elektrarne thus became the electric energy production.

1991

In Podbrdo on the Mohorčev stream the Bača hydro power plant was constructed.

1993

On the Prošček stream the power plant Knežke Ravne 2 started operating.

1995

On the Tolminka River the construction of the Tolmin power plant was terminated. The company Soške elektrarne constructed in collaboration with the Tolmin angling club next to the power plant a fish farm of the endemic Soča trouts and thus provided for their preservation. The waters of the Tolminka River are still today first of all intended for the fish breeding and only in the second place for the production of electrical energy.

1996

This year the construction of the new power plants Doblar 2 and Plave 2 and the refurbishment of the old power plants Doblar 1 and Plave 1 started. At the construction of the new power plants the TBC construction technology for the intake tunnels was applied for the first time in Slovenia and this enabled an extremely swift execution of the demanding works.

2002

The power plants Doblar 2 and Plave 2 started operating. The modern construction technology enabled a minimum impact on the environment, as the majority of the facilities of both power plants are located under the surface.

2003

After the retirement of the general manager Valentin Golob the management of the company was taken over by Vladimir Gabrijelčič.

2003

The company Soške elektrarne founded its management center. Its basic task was to ensure an optimum exploitation of the water potential with regard to the necessity for electrical energy.

2004

The foundation stone for the construction of the first Pumping - storage hydro power plant in Slovenia in Avče was laid. At the ceremony also the then Prime Minister Anton Rop helped laying it.

2004

The company Soške elektrarne was tied-up with the company HSE Invest d.o.o. from Maribor.

2005

The construction of the Klavžarica power plant on the Kanomeljca stream was terminated. At the same time, i.e. next to the construction of the power plant, the company Soške elektrarne refurbished together with the Museum “Mestni muzej Idrija” and with the Ministry of Culture the Kanomeljske Klavže barrages – a Slovenian peculiarity and architectonic masterpiece from the times of Napoleon. It is a case of a cultural monument revival which has at the same time an economic purpose – the production of electrical energy. In the year 2005 the company Soške elektrarne up-to-dated the information system and set up a new monitoring system of the dynamic dam performance.

2007

The HSE Group became owner of up to 100 percent of the company Soške elektrarne. In the year 1994 the company Soške elektrarne became based on the Ordinance of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia a statal owned public company, then, in the year 1997, the company received the status of a limited liability company with a sole founder and associate: the Republic of Slovenia. The company Soške elektrarne entered in the year 2001 into the HSE Group which owned the company at first only up to 79.5 percent, and then in the year 2007, already up to 100 percent.

2008

The construction of the Ajba power plant on the Soča River was concluded.