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INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT VOLUME 1 “Ekibastuz SDPP-2 Plant” JSC “Bogatyr Komir” LLP “Shulbinsk HPP” JSC “Ust-Kamenogorsk HPP” JSC “Ekibastuz SDPP-1” LLP “Bukhtarminsk HPP” JSC “First Wind Power Plant” LLP “Samruk-Energy” JSC “AlmatyEnergoSbyt” LLP “Balkhash TTP” JSC “Shardarinsk HPP” JSC “Almaty Power Plants” JSC “Moynak HPP” JSC “Alatau Zharyk Company” JSC “Samruk-Green Energy» LLP ASSET MAP Annual report 2017 Content The Company in figures ........................................................................................................... 2 Key events 2007 – 2017 .......................................................................................................... 6 The Message of the Chairman of “Samruk-Energy” JSC Board of Directors ................12 Message of the Chairman of the Management Board ....................................................14 01. Strategy ..............................................................................................................................17 02. About the Company .........................................................................................................27 03. Financial and economic overview of the Company’s operations .............................61 04. Corporate governance .....................................................................................................87 05. Sustainable development ............................................................................................. 105 06. Audit ................................................................................................................................ 141 07. About the Report .......................................................................................................... 145 08. The table of the Report’s compliance with GRI guidelines ..................................... 149 09. Used abbreviations ....................................................................................................... 157 Contact details ...................................................................................................................... 160 1 2017 year THE COMPANY оut of the total production IN FIGURES in the Republic of Kazakhstan Electricity 28% production volume: TPP: 26,906 million kWh 28,661.5 HPP: 1,586 million kWh million kWh (▲127%) } RES: 169.6 million kWh for 10 years оut of the total production Electricity in the Republic of Kazakhstan generation Coal mining Coal volume production: 38% 205.9 347.14 40,408 thousand tons bln. kWh mln. tons Installed capacity Electricity transmission volume: Capacity 12,026 utilization rate mln. kWh 48.1 31% Heat supply (▲128%) 6,804 MW Kazakhstan 7,031 21,682 MW thousand Gcal Export: Revenue Operation profit Electricity: Coal: 219,892 32,427 bln. tenge (▲121%*) bln.tenge (▲108%*) 4,705.5 9,100 mln. kWh (▲236%*) thousand tons (▲110%*) *as for 2016 2 3 Investments in environment GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND protection, thous. tenge Dynamics of average wage DISTRIBUTION 2008 17,821.5 2015 168,873 Substations capacity 2009 1,238,050.38 TPP capacity 2016 181,300 MVA 2010 6,299,217 2017 2011 4,978,327 198,051 5,947 11,528.03 2012 5,599,315.5 MW 2013 7,106,406 Number of substations 2014 9,156,252 pcs. 2015 3,193,912.5 capacity RES 14,292 2016 1,197,259.25 2017 2,213,407.5 47 The length of overhead and cable MW transmission lines 220-0,4 kV 2 093 34 488 Workplaces created HPP capacity 2007 as a result of implementation of the Company’s investment projects 70,216 1 145 During construction 810 764 790 MW 2017 732 270 During operation 152 57 72 13 8 10 Tax proceeds to the budget during Actual utilization of capital investment 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2007-2017 over 10 years Actual utilization 658,743 37,222,939 of capital investment Key financial and economic figures to the budget Investment project 380,626 Measure- 2015 2016 2017 2018 Description ment unit fact fact fact forecast thous. tenge Maintenance of production assets 262,469 Net income/loss Bln. tenge -77.83 17.76 -27.88 27.08 Net income, net of exchange rate difference, impairment and loss from sale of assets Bln. tenge 29.01 11.95 14.44 Maintenance of 8,552 329,392,155 administrations assets EBITDA Bln. tenge 76,496 71,581 77,328 86,568 to non budget funds Other capital investment 7,068 EBITDA Margin % 42% 39% 35% 39% Social indicators Number of hectares Trees and young plants of landscaping Description Measurement unit 2015 2016 2017 pcs. Annual staff turnover % 11.9 13 11.2 231,715 ga The number (rate) of accidents at work per thousand people q-ty /1 000 persons 0.5 0.59 0.34 181,18 The share of local content in the procurement of goods, works, % 74 79 78 services 4 5 KEY EVENTS 2007–2017 MARCH 7th OF DECEMBER 3rd place in the nomination “The best em- ployer company in “two capitals “of the III Republican Republican contest “Senim-2012” Olympiad in physics and mathematics among future power APRIL - JUNE engineers Acquisition of 100% stake in the authorized capital of “Samruk- AUGUST Participants who took 2nd, 3rd, 4th places among high Energy Stroy Service” LLP The commissioning of “Mamyr” substa- school students and various universities students received Acquisition of 50% stake in “Ekibastuz SDPP-1 named after tion in Almaty region “Samruk-Energy” JSC scholarships for one academic year Bolat Nurzhanov” LLP Acquisition of a 100% stake in the authorized capital of DECEMBER 1ST OF FEBRUARY “AlmatyEnergoSbyt” LLP Commissioning of a 2 MW solar power “Ekibastuz SDPP-1” LLP electricity is supplied to the Russian The commissioning of plant in Kapshagai city Federation 9 substations in Almaty, OCTOBER Acquisition of a 100% interest in the au- the capacity increase was Joining the UN Global Compact thorized capital of “Kazhydrotechenergo” 17TH OF MAY MAY 488 MVA LLP Honoring Labor Dynasties “Samruk-Energy” joint-stock DECEMBER Putting into operation of Almaty CHP-2 In order to support the institute of labor dynasties, “Samruk- company was established JULY All common shares of “Samruk-Energy” JSC held by III stage in Almaty city Energy“ JSC group of companies held a ceremony of awarding Acquisition of a 100% stake “KazTransGas” JSC were transferred to the trust management of rewards for representatives of labor dynasties. Employees of NOVEMBER in the authorized capital of “Samruk-Kazyna” Sovereign Wealth Fund” JSC subsidiaries from different parts of Kazakhstan were invited The first issue of shares was “Alatau Zharyk Company” Acquisition of a 100% stake in equity capital of “Tegis MAY for this holiday to the capital registered JSC Munay” LLP, which owns 100% of “Mangyshlak-Munay” LLP Commissioning of closed type “Esentai” substation 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 MAY MAY JANUARY AUGUST APRIL A decision to create and construct a The commissioning of substations A decision to create “Samruk-Green Launch of the wind power plant “First Wind Power Plant” LLP Opening of the Regional Dispatch Center Balkhash TPP with a design capacity of No.137А “Central“ (2nd stage) and Energy” LLP was taken Putting into operation “Besagash”, “Mamyr”, “Altay” substations in in “Mangistau Distribution Power Grid up to 4000 MW was made “Sayran“ in Almaty city Almaty Company” JSC AUGUST Resumption of electricity exports to Russia NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Acquisition of 43.65% stake in «Almaty DECEMBER and Kyrgyz Republic 95.8% of shares were transferred to The commissioning of “Novaya No.16” Power Plants» JSC Receiving the Grand Prix of the President’s Prize “Paryz” 2015 «Sovereign Wealth Fund «Samruk- substation in Almaty region World rating agency Standard & Poor’s confirmed the credit rat- Kazyna» JSC, 4.2% of shares to Putting facilities for reconstruction of OCTOBER ing at the level of “BB”, short-term credit rating at the level of “B”. «KazTransGas» JSC substations “Beineu“, “Umirzak“ in Acquisition of a 50% stake in “Ekibastuz The outlook for the rating change is “Stable” MAY Mangistau region into operation SDPP-1 named after Bolat Nurzhanov” LLP Commissioning of turbine unit No.3 of DECEMBER Acquisition of 100% of shares in the “Aktobe CHP” JSC Acquisition of a 50% stake in Forum DECEMBER authorized capital of “First Wind Power Muider, which owns 100% stake in the The commissioning of substations Plant” LLP by “Samruk Green Energy” LLP SEPTEMBER equity capital of “Bogatyr Komir” LLP Medeu, Shymbulak, KazGU, Yermensay Commissioning of boiler unit No. 8 of CHP-2 in Almaty DECEMBER of “Almaty Power Plants” JSC Placement of the first Eurobonds on the Irish and Kazakhstan stock exchanges NOVEMBER Kensai substation with a 220 kV power line Upgrading of 500 kV outdoor switchgear at Kensai of CHP-3 in Almaty region was put “Ekibastuz SDPP-1” LLP was completed into operation 6 7 10TH OF NOVEMBER 7TH OF DECEMBER Event dedicated to International Implementation of “Bogatyr Komir” LLP Rationalization ideas of “Ekibastuz Energy Conservation Day project SDPP-2 Plant” JSC EXPO-2017 A supplementary agreement between The technical staff developed and To promote energy conservation and “Bogatyr Komir” LLP (50% subsidiary of implemented a hot condensate collection The exposition of “Samruk-Energy” JSC was held under the motto “Natural sources - clean energy”. “Samruk-Energy” JSC improve energy efficiency, Astana “Samruk-Energy” JSC) and the German point (HCCP) to discharge the condensate as a global partner of “Astana Expo-2017” international exhibition offered visitors the information on the potential of Energy Efficiency 2017 event on company ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions
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