Sales by the France – Regulated activities segment amounted to €16,087 million, with an organic rise of €39 million (+0.2%) from 2018.
Sales essentially benefited, for Enedis(1), from favourable effects relating to tariff changes(2) including the tariff optimisation operated by suppliers, and the increase in network connection services.
The impacts of unfavourable weather effect on sales is estimated at -€80 million.
EDF Renewables’ sales totalled €1,565 million in 2019, with an organic increase of €43 million (+2.9%) from 2018.
This rise was mainly driven by generation activities, which benefited from positive price effects although output volumes showed an organic decline of -0.3TWh (-2.0%) compared to the previous year due to the disposals undertaken in late 2018 and early 2019, despite better wind conditions, particularly in France and the United States.
Dalkia’s contribution to Group sales in 2019 was €4,281 million, corresponding to an organic growth of €68 million (+1.6%) compared to 2018.
This development is mainly explained by business growth, especially in France with the conclusion and renewal of contracts, for example the new 15.5-year public service delegation for urban heating in Grande Île at Vaulx-en-Velin and Villeurbanne, and in the United Kingdom. Sales revenues were also adversely affected by a year-on-year decrease in gas prices.
Framatome’s sales amounted to €3,377 million in 2019, with an organic increase of 0.6% over 2018. A significant portion of sales concern Group entities.
Order intake amounted to €3.3 billion in 2019 (more than 60% of orders were from non-Group entities).
In commercial developments, Rosatom awarded Framatome the contract to supply the principal instrumentation and control (I&C) system for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear plant in Finland and the PAKS2 nuclear plant in Hungary. In the United States, the acquisition of FoxGuard Solutions, a leading cybersecurity and industrial IT company, was completed on 1 October 2019.
The United Kingdom’s contribution to Group sales in 2019 amounted to €9,574 million, up by €604 million from 2018. Excluding foreign exchange effects (€75 million), the organic growth in sales compared to 2018 was 5.9%.
The rise in UK sales is primarily explained by tariff increases on the residential and business markets, the higher realised sales prices for nuclear power, and an increase in capacity revenue. These effects were partly offset by a decrease in sales volumes on the wholesale markets, due to the lower nuclear power output, and a decrease in gas sales volumes, since there was no equivalent in 2019 to the cold weather experienced in the first half of 2018.
Italy contributed €7,567 million to Group sales, an organic decrease (-8.1%) from 2018.
In the gas activities, sales were down due to the lower prices across all markets (this had only a limited impact on the margin), and a decline in volumes sold on the wholesale markets, which was partly counterbalanced by an increase in volumes sold to industrial customers.
In the electricity activities, sales were up, mainly as a result of higher sales volumes and prices to business and residential customers, and increases in hydropower and wind power generation.
The Other international segment principally covers operations in Belgium, the United States, Brazil and Asia (China, Vietnam and Laos).
Sales by this segment amounted to €2,690 million in 2019, with an organic increase of €263 million (+10.9%) compared to 2018.
In Belgium(3), sales amounted to €1,909 million, corresponding to organic year-on-year growth of +4.8%, including a price increase for electricity and gas sales and a decrease in volumes supplied due to the intensely competitive market.
In energy generation, wind power capacities rose to 519MW gross in Belgium, up by +18% from 2018. Winter 2018 was affected by lengthy shutdowns of nuclear reactors operated by the Engie group, which had no equivalent in 2019. The nuclear fleet’s availability improved accordingly, with fewer unscheduled outages and early resumption of operations by units 3 at Tihange and Doel.
In Brazil, sales amounted to €563 million, an organic increase of +35.8% from 2018. This rise reflects changes (with no impact on EBITDA) in the IMCS tax(4), and the positive effect of annual revision of EDF Norte Fluminense’s electricity sale contract tariff.
Other activities comprise, among other entities, EDF Trading and the gas activities.
Sales by this segment amounted to €2,728 million in 2019, with an organic increase of €178 million (+6.8%) from 2018.
Sales by the gas activities amounted to €1,221 million. The positive environment for LNG activities led to a +€376 million (+42.4%) organic rise in sales by the gas activities, reflecting better use of Group capacities.
EDF Trading’s sales totalled €1,026 million, corresponding to an organic growth of 18.9%. This growth reflects a good performance throughout the year, associated with volatility on the commodity markets in a down trending market and favourable positions on electricity and gas markets in Europe. Good business levels in the United States, LNG (liquefied natural gas) trading and optimisation at worldwide level and LPG (liquid petroleum gas) activities also contributed to this performance.
(1) Enedis is an independent EDF subsidiary as defined in the French Energy Code.
(2) Indexed adjustments of the TURPE 5 distribution tariff +3.04% from 1 August 2019 and -0.21% from 1 August 2018.
(3) Belgium comprises Luminus and EDF Belgium.
(4) Tax on Circulation of Merchandise and Services in Brazil.
