Sustainability report 2007 - Il Gruppo Hera

In 2003, the public lighting and municipal waste management services of the company,
Geat, in Riccione were acquired.
Agea joined Hera in 2004 (Agea is an energy and waste management operator in the
province of Ferrara), as did Acosea (integrated water service in the province of Ferrara)
and Ecologia Ambiente (treatment of special waste).
The merger with Meta took place in September 2005. Meta is operational in Modena in
the energy, water and environmental sectors. Shares were also purchased in 2005 in the
companies, SGR Servizi (sale of gas in the province of Rimini, Pesaro and Urbino and
Macerata), Hera Energie Bologna (sale of energy and heat in the province of Bologna),
ASA, Unieco, Uniflotte, and Hera Luce. Small local gas distribution operators were also
acquired (Tecnometano, Gasgas, Argilegas, TS Distribuzione Gas, TS Energia).
The company Geat Distribuzione Gas (gas distribution in Riccione) merged with the
group in early 2006. Always in 2006, Hera acquired the power grid from Enel in 18
municipalities in the province of Modena, and increased its equity investment in the
companies Aspes Multiservizi and acquired an equity investment in SAT (multiutilities
operating respectively in the provinces of Pesaro and Urbino and Modena).
In 2007 the merger between Megas of Urbino and Aspes Multiservizi of Pesaro gave
rise to a new company, Marche Multiservizi of which the Hera Group will hold 41.8%.
The merger takes effect on 1 January 2008. Also in 2007, the merger of SAT S.p.A. into
Hera S.p.A. was approved, with effective date of 1 January 2008.
Services managed
Energy services
Hera is one of the major operators in Italy, in terms of managed volumes for the sale
and distribution of gas. Sales total approx. 2.4 million cubic metres per year to approx. 1
million service customers. Electricity sale and distribution has grown considerably
following the merger with Meta. Currently, Hera sells approx. 3.1 terawatt-hours of
energy per year to approx. 270,000 customers.
Hera is also operational in the district heating, heat management and public lighting
sectors.
Water services
Hera manages integrated water cycle services in more than 181 municipalities, with sale
volumes totalling approx. 241 million cubic metres of water for domestic and industrial
use, water systems covering approx. 26,000 km, approx. 11,700 km of sewer lines, and
841 treatment plants.
Waste management services
Hera manages the entire waste cycle: collection, recovery, treatment and disposal. The
group manages municipal waste in approx. 145 municipalities representing a customer
base of approx. 2.5 million users (collecting approx. 1.7 million tonnes of refuse per
year).
12