Half-yearly financial Report at June 30, 2013 - A2A

Half-yearly financial report at June 30, 2013Other informationb) for water derivations with a flow exceeding thirty modules (3,000 liters/second) deployedfor industrial use, including the cooling of thermoelectric plants, the fee shall be34,000.00 euro per module of water;c) for derivations relating to the use of water as per article 3 and to the circumstances as perparagraph 10 of article 34 of Regional Regulation no. 2 of March 24, 2006 (Regulations forthe use of surface and underground waters, the use of waters for domestic purposes,water saving and the reuse of water in implementation of paragraph 1c) of article 52 ofRegional Law no. 26 of December 12, 2003), the unit fees effective in 2011 shall be increasedby 1.5%, not being one of the cases envisaged by subparagraphs a) and b)”.This regional law notes that the above-mentioned increase in fees “shall also be applied toexisting concessionary relationships and users, including the cases of temporary continuationof the use of the plant as per paragraph 4 of article 53-bis of Regional Law no. 26 of December12, 2003 (Regulations for local services of general economic interest. Rules on themanagement of waste, of energy, of the use of the subsoil and of water resources), bydetermining the automatic adjustment of the fee in the corresponding measure”.As a consequence, by way of Decree no. 12929 of December 29, 2011 the Lombardy Regionestablished:1. two different tariffs for hydroelectric use:• small derivations fee: 14.90 €/KW; (annual tariff 2011 = 14.68 €/KW);• large derivations fee: 30.00 €/KW (annual tariff 2011 = 14.68 €/KW);2. two different tariffs for industrial use:• fee for users with a flow < 3 m3/s: 16,866.29 €/module;• fee for users with a flow > 3 m3/s: 34,000 €/module (annual tariff 2011 = 16,617.03€/module).141By way of Manager’s Decree no. 11293 of December 4, 2012, the region updated and publishedthe amounts due for 2013 as public water.As a result, for industrial use, with respect to the Sermide plant the regional administration hasrequested the payment of a fee for the use of public water for 2012 in accordance with the newcriteria for calculating the fees as specified by Regional Law no. 22 of December 28, 2011; thetotal amount requested has been established in 8,500 thousand euro, being 34,000euro/module for 250 modules, as provided by Manager’s Decree no. 12929 of December 29,2011. On the other hand with respect to the Turbigo plant the total amount requested has beenestablished as 13,770 thousand euro, being 34,000 euro/modulo for 405 modules, as providedby Manager’s Decree no. 12929 of December 29, 2011.For hydroelectric use, with respect to the Mese - Chiavenna unit the regional administrationhas requested the payment of a fee for the use of public water for 2012 in accordance with the