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11/20/2014 Public enterprise "Electric power industry of Serbia" Europe‘s 8th energy region: Investing to integrate Europe & ensure security of supply Brussels, 19th November 2014 PE EPS is nearly a sole player in the Serbian electricity market Hydro power 2,835 MW plants Thermal power 5,171 MW* 3,936 MW** plants Combined heat and power 353 MW plants Total 8,359 MW* 7,124 MW** Electricity 37.5 TWh** Production Number of 3.5 mil ** customers Number of 33,335** employees Last power plant built in 1991. *With K&M ** Without K&M, end of 2013 As of June 1999 PE EPS does not operate its Kosovo and Metohija capacities (K&M) 2 1 11/20/2014 EPS facing 1200MW capacity decommissioning until 2025 Due to aging fleet and strict EU environmental regulations1 Net available EPS generation capacity, MW Successful negotiation about 8,000 -1,218 MW LCPD and IED implementation 20 eased the timing of lignite 7,239 25 111 decommissioning 208 210 630 100 6,021 6,000 20 25 280 Old gas-fired CHP capacity decommissioning 612 • Current Novi Sad gas/oil CHP (210 MW) and EPS small HPPs 1,200 Zrenjanin gas/oil CHP (111 MW) to terminate CHP SREMSKA MITROVICA - 321 MW 1,230 production CHP ZRENJANIN 4,000 CHP NOVI SAD 1,560 TPP MORAVA Old lignite-fired capacity decommissioning 1,239 (capacities to be closed in 2023 latest and to operate TPP KOLUBARA 211 20ths hours in total between 2018-20231) 211 TPP KOSTOLAC B TPP KOSTOLAC A 1,126 • Kolubara A1-3, A5 (208 MW) 1,126 2,000 • Nikola Tesla A1-2 (360 MW) TPP NIKOLA TESLA B • Kostolac A1-2 (280 MW) TPP NIKOLA TESLA A HPP LIMSKE • Morava 1 (100 MW) - 897 MW 1,558 1,558 HPP DRINSKE HPP DJERDAP 0 2014 2024-2025 EPS facing generation fleet renewal in an unfavorable market environment According to decision of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, 24 October 2013 based on the Large Combustion Plant Directive (2001 (2001/80/EC)) and Industrial Emission Directive (2010/75/EU) Source: EPS, AERS 3 In Europe, Serbia has the lowest household (and also industrial) tariffs Electrical energy prices for households as of H1 2012 by countries in € cent per kWh 30.0 30 26.0 23.3 21.9 21.5 16.8 20.3 19.9 19.8 20 11.5 3.0 7.4 18.8 18.6 18.2 7.0 17.2 16.7 2 5.4 15.8 Benchmark average 7.2 5.3 3.5 0.7 15.5 15.4 8.9 5.4 3.2 15.0 14.2 14.1 13.9 13.9 -52% 3.9 3.5 2.6 13.2 4.6 12.6 12.1 3.1 3.3 2.5 11.6 4.3 2.7 2.2 11.0 10.5 11.53 2.4 1.9 10 9.1 18.5 3.3 2.6 8.5 8.0 16.0 1.3 15.9 14.9 1.4 6.9 14.4 14.3 13.6 14.7 14.0 1.2 13.1 13.1 13.2 12.4 1.1 5.6 11.1 12.0 10.9 11.9 11.1 11.4 9.9 10.7 10.5 10.4 9.7 9.7 0.9 8.0 7.7 7.8 7.1 6.8 5.9 4.8 0 Italy Spain Latvia Serbia France Turkey Poland Ireland Austria Greece Croatia Finland Estonia Albania Norway Sweden Belgium Bulgaria Slovakia Slovenia Hungary Portugal Romania Denmark Germany Lithuania Czech Rep. Czech Macedonia Bosnia and Bosnia Netherlands Montenegro Great BritainGreat Herzegovina Tax and PDV Without tax and PDV Note: Exchange rate used is 1EUR = 111,99 din, Prices according to the new Eurostat methodology . Typical household customers with consumption from 2500 kWh to 5000 kWh . Prices for Serbia are calculated according to the old methodology of Eurostat - up to 7500 kWh annual consumption, of which 2500 kWh in the lower rate Source: Eurostat 2012, Agentura za Energetiky 4 2 11/20/2014 More than two decades since the start of market reforms • Three packages of market reforms since the early nineties energy markets operate more efficiently BUT... Low electricity prices - NO Secure electricity supply ?? • EU Energy Policy for 2020: GHG -20%; OIE +20%; EnEf +20% • The economic crisis of 2008 ... lower energy consumption One large electric power company Manager said: No one in their right mind would build the power plant (unless RES power plant)! 5 EU GOAL: common electricity market by 2014 European Commission: national market are small in order to develop competition Since February 2014, 14 countries with share of 75% EU electricity is included within day-ahead market with Similar goals for gas also! fixed price. After 2015 would it be our region as well? 6 3 11/20/2014 Decreasing profitability putting high pressure on European utilities Renewables and low demand bringing Leading utilities facing tremendous low profits for power plants share price drop Share price index Q4 2013 price ( 01.01.2008 = 100 ) on 2008 index 120 DAX 30 114% 100 40% 80 36% 36% 60 34% 40 31% 20 19% 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Low wholesale prices as the root cause of decreasing profitability Without system-level services, assuming fuel prices unchanged Source: Eurelectric – Powerhouses of Innovation, Thomson Reuters Datastream; week-end data 7 Current wholesale price outlook requires careful consideration of especially generation investments Prices decreasing in last years with baseload price forwards below 40 EUR/MWh Spot base load price, EUR/ MWh EEX baseload spot and forward price 90 Serbian wholesale price approved in public supply tariff 80 70 Levelized cost of new lignite PP at 60 EUR/MWh w/o CO2 60 50 37 38 40 37 37 37 30 20 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Historic baseload spot prices (EEX) Price forwards (EEX1) Long term EEX baseload price forwards still below 40 EUR/MWh (Serbian price ~3-5 EUR higher) Average of yearly forwards of last 6 months (Aug 2013 – Jan 2014) Approved end-user price without taxes, transmission and distribution costs. RSD / kWh data for 2008-2013 are: 2.47, 2.54, 2.77, 2.97, 3.15, 3.11 Source: EEX, EPS, EIU 8 4 11/20/2014 Structure of electricity generation in some EU countries, SEE and Republic of Serbia Electricity generation TWh Coal share % Serbia 38.000 70 SEE Region 167.000 55 EU 27 3.357.958 29 Poland 161.743 92 Czech… 84.361 59 Greece 60.789 53 Germany 636.600 42 Bulgaria 45.843 41 Romania 62.698 40 UK 398.327 38 Spain 303.007 22 Hungary 35.859 20 Italy 314.122 14 Belgium 85.535 8 France 574.473 4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Извор: EUROSTAT – Energy / Yearly Statistics 2006 coal nuclear gas oil others (hydro/biomass) WB - GIS: EPS 2010 High impact of CO2 emission on electricity generation costs in the Republic of Serbia and in the region 9 EU – Serbia: TPPs – capacities usage Serbia: data for 2009, rest: data for 2007 Germany, TPP per lignate 79,2% Greece, TPP on lignate 73,8% Serbia, TPP on lignate (all TPP) 72,2% 75.4% in 2013 EU, TPP on lignate 69,2% Poland, TPP on lignate 66,4% Czech Republic, TPP on lignate 58,1% Bulgaria, TPP on lignate 52,0% EU, all TPP 46,0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% High level of capacities usage considerably reduces production costs 10 5 11/20/2014 Potential overcapacities in the region according to ENTSO-E Available capacities above seasonal peak on a day in January @ 19:00 pm 2 Based on ENTSO-E scenario "best Net export capacities in the region estimate" for 2020 and for 20301 2013 2020 2025 -0.1 -2.0 -1.4 0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 0.9 -1.3 1.0 1.1 2.7 2.2 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.9 3.3 4.6 3.1 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.5 -0.2 1.2 1.4 x Net exporters, >0.2GW x Balanced (gen vs demand) x Net importers < -0.2GW 1 2030 scenario "Vision 1" used. In this scenario RES targets are revised due to their less attractive financial viability. 2. Defined as remaining capacity minus adequacy reference margin Source: ENTSO-E 11 Significant new-build capacity plans with low and converging price levels in the region Regional power exchange prices below Example: Nuclear capacities in the new-built lignite level and converging to pipelines in the region EEX Nuclear projects planned with significant EUR/MWh capacities in the following decades 80 Potential lignite prices well Selected projects in the region: above market price levels • Temelin (2,000 MW), 2022-25, CZ, CEZ • Dukovany (1,000 MW), 2032-35, CZ, CEZ 60 • Paks V (1,200 MW) 2025, HU, MVM • Paks VI (1,200 MW) 2026, HU, MVM • NPP (2x3,000 MW) 2020, PL, PGE • Cernavoda 3-4 (2x720 MW), RO, SNN 40 • Mochovce 3-4 (2x440 MW), 2015, SK, SE • Bohunice V3 (2,400 MW), 2025, SK, Javys 20 Most projects calculate with HUPX spot EPEX spot significant export Opcom day-ahead EEX spot 0 2012/01 2012/04 2012/07 2012/10 2013/01 2013/04 2013/07 Months Source: Power exchanges, Factiva 12 6 11/20/2014 However there is a significantBackup regional supply-demand gap, if only committed projects as of today are considered Based on conservative ENTSO-E scenario for 2020 and 2030 2013 2020 2025 -0.1 -5.0 -2.9 0.5 -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.2 0.7 -1.3 -1.1 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.2 1.7 -0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 1.3 -0.3 0.9 3.3 3.3 2.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 -0.7 1.0 x Net exporters, >0.2GW 1.4 x Balanced (gen vs demand) x Net importers < -0.2GW Uncertainty of regional gap paired with limited EPS financing capability to be handled with conservative approach to develop capacities aiming mostly export 13 Projects of Energy Community Interest (PECI) Electricity Generation Contracting Project party AL Hydro Power Plant Skavica AL Wind Park Dajc-Velipoje BiH Combined Heat and Power Plant KTG Zenica BiH Hydro Power Plant Dabar BiH + HR Hydro Power Plant Dubrovnik (Phase ll) Hydro Power Plants upper (HPP Buk Bijela, HPP Foča, HPP Paunci, HPP Sutjeska) and Middle Drina (HPP Tegare, BiH + RS HPP Rogacica, HPP Dubravica) Kosovo * Kosova e Re Power Plant (KRPP) ME Hydro Power Plants Lim River RS Combined Heat and Power Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plant in Pancevo, Serbia RS Thermal Power Plant Kolubara B RS Thermal Power Plant Nikola Tesla 83 RS Combined Heat and Power Plant Novi Sad RS Hydro Power Plants lbarske (10 HPPs) RS Hydro Power Plants Velika Morava (HPP Ljubicevo, HPP Trnovce,
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    December 2019 COMPLY OR CLOSE How Western Balkan coal plants breach air pollution laws and what governments must do about it This report is endorsed by the following organisations: Research and writing Ioana Ciuta, CEE Bankwatch Network Pippa Gallop, CEE Bankwatch Network Davor Pehchevski, CEE Bankwatch Network Acknowledgements Thanks to those who assisted by providing information and commenting on the text: Viktor Berishaj, Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe) Nina Kreševljaković, Aarhus Resource Centre BIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Macura, RES Foundation, Serbia Vlatka Matković Puljić, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Mirko Popović, Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute (RERI), Serbia Jovan Rajić, Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute (RERI), Serbia Editing Emily Gray, CEE Bankwatch Network Design Milan Trivić Cover photo Pljevlja, Montenegro - Davor Pehchevski This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of CEE Bankwatch Network and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. Contents Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................................................5 Executive summary ..................................................................................................................................................................6