Distribution Business Line

Distribution

This is the business line of key importance to the Group’s operating profitability, consisting in the distribution of electricity (which is a regulated activity in Poland) and based on tariffs approved by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office (URE). The Energa Group has a natural monopoly position in the northern and central part of Poland which hosts the Group’s distribution assets.

Business locations and main assets of the Group

Opis

Electricity was produced in 2018 in power plants based on sources such as hard coal, water, wind, biomass and photovoltaics.

3,1 million

customers, approx. 2.9 million of whom are customers with universal agreements and 193,000 are TPA (Third Party Access) customers.

188 thou. km

of the power lines

24 %

of the country’s landmass, 75 thousand km² coverd

Number of customers of Energa Operator SA in thousands

In 2018, Energa Operator SA recorded an increase in the number of customers by 1% compared to the previous year. The number of customers grew in tariff groups B and G, but declined in tariff group C. As at the end of 2018, the Company had 3,043 thousand customers. As at the end of 2018, the Company had 3,088 thousand customers.

Electricity distribution by tariff group (TWh)

In 2018, the volume of electricity supplied was on average 2% higher than in the previous year. Volume picked up in groups B and G, mainly due to a higher number of customers. Meanwhile, volume in group C declined. The increase in the volume sold was accompanied by a slight decline in the average distri-bution rate by approx. 1% yoy.