E.ON UK at a glance
E.ON UK in 2005
| Sales: | €10.2 billion (£7.0 billion) |
| Adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT): | €963 million (£658 million) |
| Retail customers: | >6 million |
| Electricity sales: | 59.6 billion kWh |
| Gas sales: | 100.3 billion kWh |
| Customer connections through Central Networks: | 4.9 million |
| Employees: | 12,906 |
| Electricity generation capacity: | 10,547 MW |
| - Combined heat and power (CHP) capacity: | 577 MW |
| - Renewables capacity: | 653 MW |
| CO2 emissions from generation: | 28.2 million tonnes |
Successes and disappointments in 2005 included:
Successes
- A £200m investment in an underground gas storage facility in Cheshire
- The formal opening of the 60 MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm off the Norfolk coast
- A £420m special contribution to our pension scheme by our parent company E.ON AG
- Over 10% of our employees took part in employee volunteering.
Disappointments
- Falling to last place in the energywatch league table of customer complaints
- Missing our SAFELEC major injuries target
- 2005 reported earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 5% lower than 2004 reflecting unprecedented volatility in wholesale gas prices.
