In France, sales for the quarter totaled EUR11.4bn, up 1.4%, including 0.9 point for electricity and 0.5 point for gas and services. Nuclear output was down by 3.3TWh on the prior year quarter due to the fleet’s reduced availability over this quarter, related notably to the outages of Bugey 3 and Paluel 3 reactors.
Sales revenues from the networks increased by 7.4%, due to the favourable volume effect and to the impact of TURPE 3.
In the UK, sales reached EUR3.2bn, down 5.7% compared to the year ago quarter. Nuclear output rose to 13.8TWh in the quarter, up by 1TWh on the prior year quarter. Networks’ sales improved, as a result of April and October 2009 tariffs increases.
In Germany, EnBW’s contribution to group sales was EUR2.3bn, up 1.6% and stable at constant scope and currency effects. In Italy, EDF generated stable sales of EUR1.5bn. The other international segment posted a more than two fold increase to EUR2bn.
Henri Proglio, chairman and CEO of EDF, said: “In a context of lower prices, which indeed negatively impacted international sales, the group experienced a favorable evolution of its operational results outside France.
“In light of these trends and of the assigned objective to improve the French nuclear fleet’s performance, which is a priority for EDF, the group is able to confirm its objective of 3% to 5% of EBITDA’s organic growth in 2010.
