business plan for 2004 - EDP

Water storage in the reservoirs remained high during the
first half of the year, then decreasing up to the end of the
year to stand at 1 561 GWh at the end of December (21%
less than in 2002), or about 65% of maximum capacity.
With regard to service quality, the CPPE power stations
continued to provide high availability levels, standing in
2003 at 96.8% for the hydroelectric and 92.7% for the
thermoelectric power stations.
Power Station Availability (CPPE)
Binding Producers
95.1 95.0
93.0
4.0
93.2
4.2
94.8
94.6
Additionally we draw attention to the following facts in
the SEP generation activity:
5.8
• The conclusion on June 30 of the extension of the CAE
of the Alto da Mira Power Station, and the signature by
CPPE and REN of the respective Handing-over
Certificate. Mention is also made to the prorogation of
the CAE of Groups 1 and 2 of the Tunes Power Station
up to December 2004;
• Conclusion of the modernisation of the groups of the
Castelo do Bode Power Station, the oldest hydroelectric
plant, allowing it to restart a new cycle of useful life
with a reliability equivalent to that of a new plant;
• Submission to the DGE of the final documents in
respect of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of
the Comparative Evaluation of the Plans of the
95.9
94.4
96.8
92.7
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Hydraulic Availability (%)
MW / Worker
6.4
6.3
Thermal Availability (%)
2003 - Annual Report - EDP
Hydroelectric Power Stations of the Baixo Sabor and
Alto Côa, and start of the work of the Evaluation
Commission, which issued the EIA conformity
declaration leading to the public hearing stage on
December 30;
• Continuation of the construction of the Increase of
Power at Venda Nova (Venda Nova II Undertaking),
the construction work to be concluded during the early
months of 2004, despite some constraints that appeared
in the hydraulic circuit and in the plant, which have
obliged several adaptations in setting up the reversible
groups;
• The publication of CPPE’s role in flood management in
conjunction with the National Civil Defence Service
and INAG (the Water Institute), namely: two
information sessions held at the Régua Telecommand
Centre, the first directed at the Régua Commercial and
Industrial Association and local media, and the second
to national media; participation in the public and
restricted sessions organised by the Oporto Civil
Government concerning this matter; and information
sessions held at the Alto Lindoso power station
directed at the Civil Defence Services of the district of
Viana do Castelo and at the municipalities of Ponte da
Barca and Ponte de Lima.
Non Binding Generation
• Hydroelectric power stations in operation
During 2003 at HDN and Hidrocenel, which operate
the hydroelectric power stations of the EDP Group that
were integrated into CPPE on January 2, 2004 attention
is drawn to the following:
a) their operation jointly with EDP Energia within the
scope of the SENV, with the status of offering agents on
the basis of a mandate contract that establishes the
electricity purchase and sale conditions, the
remuneration of power provided and the programming
and dispatch model of power stations with a power of
more than 10 MW;
b) the application lodged with the DGE to issue a new
hydroelectric generation license covering the transition
of the Lindoso and Ermal hydroelectric power stations
from the SENV, to the specific legislation governing the
Special Production Regime.
For this segment of the business total installed capacity
at HDN is 80 MW and at Hidrocenel 94 MW, with a
total of 255 MW at the level of the EDP Group, with the
inclusion of EDP Ernergia’s Belver hydroelectric power
station.
The net generation figures for HDN and Hidrocenel
totalled 121 GWh and 288 GWh, an increase of 34.8%
and 29.6% respectively. The net production of EDP
Energia in the SENV was 296 GWh, 167.0% more than
in 2002.