Terna's National Control Center: present, past and future

Leveraging technology and innovation to serve the Italian electricity system. Let’s take a look inside the rooms where the flows of energy across the entire transmission grid are managed in real time. At our National Control Centre (CNC), which was refurbished in 2024, more than 60 years after its opening, Terna’s professionals perform the critical task of dispatching. They ensure a constant balance between the supply and demand of electricity throughout the country. This story began a long time ago.