Operating costs
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2012 |
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2014 |
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Business segments |
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Transportation |
478 |
375 |
402 |
27 |
7.2 |
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Regasification |
25 |
21 |
23 |
2 |
9.5 |
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Storage (*) |
69 |
110 |
163 |
53 |
48.2 |
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Distribution |
373 |
319 |
331 |
12 |
3.8 |
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Corporate and other activities |
176 |
188 |
216 |
28 |
14.9 |
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Consolidation adjustments |
(246) |
(287) |
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20.2 |
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Consolidation eliminations |
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804 |
726 |
790 |
64 |
8.8 |
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OPERATING COSTS – REGULATED AND NON-REGULATED ACTIVITIES |
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2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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Costs of regulated activities |
686 |
682 |
750 |
68 |
10.0 |
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453 |
460 |
471 |
11 |
2.4 |
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Variable costs |
48 |
100 |
54 |
(46) |
(46.0) |
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Other costs |
185 |
122 |
225 |
103 |
84.4 |
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Costs of non-regulated activities |
118 |
44 |
40 |
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804 |
726 |
790 |
64 |
8.8 |
Operating costs of regulated activities
Controllable fixed costs (€471 million), which comprise the sum of personnel expenses and recurring external costs, rose by €11 million, or 2.4%, compared with 2013 (€460 million).
Variable costs (€54 million) mainly reflect withdrawals from storage for gas sales carried out for balancing purposes. The reduction of €46 million is mainly due to lower sales carried out in 2014 compared with the previous year (−€35 million).
Other costs (€225 million) relate essentially to: (i) net provisions for risks and charges (€60 million); (ii) interconnection costs42 (€57 million); (iii) natural gas distribution concession charges (€52 million); and (iv) impairment losses recorded in relation to strategic gas wrongfully withdrawn by certain storage service users in 2010 and 201143 (€30 million). The increase compared with 2013 (+€103 million) was due mainly to higher net provisions and impairment losses (€92 million).
Operating costs of non-regulated activities
Non-regulated operating costs totalled €40 million, broadly in line with 2013 (€44 million).
Net of components offset in costs, operating costs totalled €673 million in 2014, an increase of €86 million, or 14.7%, compared with 2013.
The following table shows the workforce in service at 31 December 2014 (6,072 people) by business segment and professional status.
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2012 |
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Business segments |
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Transportation |
1,978 |
1,952 |
1,874 |
(78) |
(4.0) |
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Regasification |
78 |
79 |
77 |
(2) |
(2.5) |
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Storage |
307 |
303 |
291 |
(12) |
(4.0) |
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Distribution |
3,016 |
3,008 |
3,124 |
116 |
3.9 |
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Corporate and other activities |
672 |
703 |
706 |
3 |
0.4 |
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6,051 |
6,045 |
6,072 |
27 |
0.4 |
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2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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Professional status |
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Executives |
115 |
116 |
124 |
8 |
6.9 |
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Managers |
560 |
579 |
602 |
23 |
4.0 |
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Office workers |
3,257 |
3,271 |
3,280 |
9 |
0.3 |
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Manual workers |
2,119 |
2,079 |
2,066 |
(13) |
(0.6) |
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6,051 |
6,045 |
6,072 |
27 |
0.4 |
42 Where the transportation service involves the use of networks of multiple operators, Resolution 166/05 of the AEEGSI, as subsequently amended, provides for the principal operator to invoice users for the service, transferring to the other operators of the transportation networks the portion attributable to them.
43 For more information, see Note 9 – “Inventories” of the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.