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Ibex 21st March 2019

Naturgy will invest nearly 1 billion euros in renewables growth in Spain

Alphavalue | The energy multinational Naturgy in the period 2018-2019 will invest a total of 955 M€ in the development of rentable Energy in Spain, which will make the company increase this year 82.8% its installed potential in renewables compared to 2018. In an interview with Efe, the director of Naturgy Renewable Development in Spain, Carlos González Samano, has said that “the details of these investments will be substantiated in…

electricity prices

Spanish economy 6th February 2019

Spanish Utilities’ Regulator Wants To Control Debt And Dividends

The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC in its acronym in Spanish) is processing a circular so that all energy companies which supply electricity, gas and hydrocarbons meet six ratios which constrain their level of debt and dividends in relations to the volume of assets, cash flow, EBITDA or financial costs.

ElectricityTC

Markets 19th August 2018

Santander revises its recommendation for regulated companies with the new Spanish government

Santander | The arrival of the new government in Spain is good news for the gas and electricity markets, given that it is probable that it will respect the regulatory periods; it appears more focused on the spirit of the law (“fair returns”) than on the application of methodologies (differential over 10 year bonds) and it has the intention of reinforcing the role of the CNMC as an independent regulator.

 

Global utilities valuations

Markets, World economy 1st December 2017

Global Utilities: LatAm And Asia Growing Fastest, US Trading At Highest PEs, Japan At Tightest Yields

A recent report by Citi attempts to contrast global utilities valuations and highlight key investment opportunities. Summarizing, Asian and LatAm utilities, while growing fastest at 14-16%, trade at dividend yields of 3.5% and 5.3% reflecting risks. Japanese, US and European have dividend yields of 2.4%, 3.5% and 5.5% consistent with their growth profiles of 7%, 6% and 2.7%, respectively.

Spanish utilities' prices

Markets 9th October 2017

Utilities meet May and Puigdemont

Carax Alphavalue | Mrs May’s talk of energy price controls sent the UK sector into a downward spin. The Catalan mess also pushed sharply down the Spanish utilities’ share prices. The only surprise is that it took three days for markets to react to the Spanish risks.

electricity prices

Spanish economy 13th February 2017

Spanish Utilities Accuse The Government Of Damaging Their Reputation

The majority of the population in Spain put the blame for their excessively high electricity bills exclusively on the electricity companies which, in the end, only get paid a third of the bill for generation. This situation has enraged the companies who are more and more daring in their criticisms of the government – the current and previous ones – for their energy policies.

spain's energy poverty

Spanish economy 27th December 2016

Spain Agrees To Tackle Energy Poverty With Hardly Any Impact For Utilities

Spain’s main political parties PP, PSOE and Cuidadanos, with the exception of Podemos, have agreed to reform the electricity tariff discount rate, as well prohibit electricity cuts for those consumers considered “very vulnerable.” Analysts at ACF believe it will be important to confirm the final conditions and the net impact for the electricity companies, but a priori they don’t expect this will be significant.