the plant is operated by an "ad hoc" privately held company called kernkraftwerk gösgen-däniken ag. at the moment it employs around 500 coworkers. the stocks are shared by the alpiq group (40%), the axpo ag (25%), the city of zurich (15%), the centralschweizerischen kraftwerke (12.5%), and the energie wasser bern (7.5%). the plant management is entrusted to alpiq.