H1 2018 Highlights
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Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) Networks
Business Description
~16% of Group EBITDA and 17% Group Assets
Sole owner and operator of distribution network and
sole owner of transmission network in Northern Ireland
Regulated Asset Base 2017 €1.7bn / £1.5bn nominal
• Strategy: Smart Reliable Networks
RP6 revenue determination (Oct 2017 - Mar 2024)
RP6 WACC 3.2% vanilla real 1 (3.8% pre tax real),
reflecting low interest rate environment¹
• Focus: RP6 Implementation
ES3
H1 2018 EBITDA - €620m
NIE
Networks
16%
RAB (€bn)
£1.5bn 2
£1.2bn 2
RP4
April 2013
RP5
Sept 2017
Energy for
generations
1
Vanilla WACC ACC calculated real pre tax cost of debt and real post tax cost of equity
2 RAB values are per the UR at the start of RP5 (1st April 2013) and end of RP5 (30 Sept 2017)
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