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

Half-yearly financial report at June 30, 2013Analysis of main sectors of activityThe A2A Group operates in the following sectors:Energy SectorThis sector’s activity is the sale of electricity and methane gas on wholesale and retail markets.Support for the marketing areas is assured by fuel procurement, electricity generation plantplanning and dispatching, portfolio optimization and trading on domestic and foreignmarkets.Environment Sector196This sector’s activity relates to the whole waste management cycle, which ranges fromcollection and street sweeping to the treatment, disposal and recovery of materials andenergy. It includes the recovery of the energy content in waste by means of waste to energy orbiogas plants.Heat and Services SectorThis sector’s activity is mainly the sale of heat and electricity produced by cogeneration plants(mostly owned by the Group). Cogenerated heat is sold through district heating networks. Thesector also provides management services for heating plants owned by third parties (heatmanagement services).Networks SectorThis sector’s activity consists of the technical and operational management of networks forthe transmission and distribution of electricity, the transport and distribution of natural gasand the management of the entire integrated water cycle (water captation, aqueductmanagement, water distribution, sewerage network management, purification). Alsoincluded are activities relating to public lighting, traffic regulation systems, the managementof votive lights and systems design services.