Helsingin Energia - Annual Report 2006

Environmental Financial statement

Environment-based operating costs

Environment-based operating costs amounted to EUR 11.8 million (EUR 9.2 million). Environmental costs accounted for 2.6% (2.2%) of Helsingin Energia’s total costs and 1.7% (1.6%) of Helsingin Energia’s turnover. The increase on previous year was 28% which was mostly due to situations on electricity market causing coal fired powerplants to be used also during the summer. Helsingin Energia’s environment-based operating costs consisted mainly of actions attached to air protection.

Environmental investments

The share of environmental investments (EUR 1.7 million) of total investments was 2.4% (2.5%). The largest environmental investment projects were the equipment of Salmisaari coal storage (EUR 0.8 million) and removing contaminated earth masses from the excavations of the sea water tunnels in the shore area at Sörnäinen (EUR 0.6 million).

Environmental obligations

The Environmental Financial Statement matters involves EUR 19 million as environmental obligation for treating contaminated earth masses in Hanasaari energy region and for the costs caused by asbestos work attached to demolishing Hanasaari A power plant in near future. 1.3% of Helsingin Energia’s total capital is provisioned for covering this environmental obligation.

Environmental yields
Environmental income totalled EUR 238,000 (EUR 258,000). The income consisted mainly of the sale of ash and scrab and from the supplementary electricity charge paid by environmental penny customers.

Financial Statement 2006 - Environmental Matters	2006 1000 €	change %	2005 1000 €
Environment-based operating costs ___Protection of climate, soil and watercourses ___Desulphurisation ___Denitrification ___Removal of particles ___Waste management and utilisation of combustion products ___Other waste management ___Observation of emissions and environmental impacts Landscaping ___Communication ___Information on energy saving ___Environmental communication and marketing Environmental management and training Environmental research and development Depreciation of environmental investments Total environmental costs ___% of turnover ___% of all costs Environmental investments Environmental oblications % of balance sheet total Environmental yields	4,439 760 452 1,550 684 321 51 477 256 1,233 95 1,435 11,753 1,7 % 2,6 % 1,706 2,4 % 19,000 1,3 % 238	50 122 164 31 -10 -23 -38 1 17 19 -32 5 28 -27 -8	2,952 343 171 1,185 761 417 82 474 219 1,040 141 1,366 9,152 1,6 % 2,2 % 2,347 2,5 % 258