Investor Presentation • May 20, 2022
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20th May 2022
1. Overview of the period



EBITDA grew 3.5% YoY to €118.4M, reflecting the positive performance of both domestic and international operations.
Domestic EBITDA improvement driven by: (1) the positive impact from TOTEX revenues1 (+€5.1M); (2) the increase in Opex Revenues (+€1.2M); (3) higher remuneration from RAB (+€0.7M). However, these were offset by lower regulated incentives in the electricity business (-€4.4M) and higher core opex (+€1.7M), due to higher electricity costs.
Positive international business contribution, with EBITDA growing +€2.1M, with Transemel representing +€1.2M.

Net Profit improved to €6.0M (an increase of 32.6% versus 1Q21), mostly due to EBIT improvement (+€2.0M) and better Financial Results (+€1.3M), partially offset by higher taxes (+€0.9M) and higher levy (+€0.9M), following the increase in regulated asset base. 1Q still impacted by full amount of yearly energy sector levy.

Capex decreased €4.5M to €27.3M (vs €31.8M in 1Q21). Transfers to RAB were down €3.7M vs 1Q21, mostly driven by the electricity and gas transmission businesses (which decreased €4.1M), partially offset by the increase in Natural Gas Distribution (+€0.4M).

Renewable energy sources (RES) reached 48.8% of total supply (approx.-29.9pp than in 1Q21), due to the reduced availability of renewable energy, partially attributed to the severe drought. Electricity consumption increased by 1.3% whilst natural gas consumption grew by 6.6%.

High quality of service delivered during the first three months of the year. The level of energy transmission losses decreased relatively to the previous year and the gas combined availability rate remained at full capacity.
1 Includes RAB remuneration and amortizations, as well as opex recovery in electricity transmission activity. This comes as a result of the new remuneration model based on Totex, introduced in 2022, for the Electricity Transmission activity, under which REN's Opex and Capex is remunerated through a fixed annual amount defined by the regulator for the entire regulatory period, from 2022 to 2025.


Relevant national gas infrastructures must become hydrogen ready according to the Portuguese law, to allow H2 and natural gas blends up 5% in 2025 and 10-15% in 2030. REN created a Task Force (TF H2REN) to identify and carry out the required activities and investments to ensure that its gas transmission, storage and Hydrogen distribution facilities will be compliant with natural gas & hydrogen blends up to 10% until 2023.


Proposal for natural gas tariffs 2022/2023

Energy Transition and renewable gas REN applied to the Last Phase of the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) with the "H2 Green Valley" Agenda, for the development of a Green H2 ecosystem in Sines with relevant partners, Dianagás, Bosch, Hylab, INL and IST, just to name a few. This project focuses on pure H2 and could be complemented by an integrated storage to improve flexibility for H2 producers and consumers. The Final proposal was submitted on the 13th April and a decision is expected in 2Q.

| Overview | Detail | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 5 2 2- 2 0 2 es u n e v e R y cit ctri e El |
Revenue Cap for TOTEX (CAPEX + OPEX) |
REN recognizes in the income statement the annual rent fixed by the regulator for the entire regulatory period, which aims to remunerate both the OPEX and CAPEX The rent value is updated annually according to its cost drivers namely the RoR. An efficiency factor is set for new investments and Opex Accounting recognition methodology was discussed with REN's external auditor |
The annual remuneration starts at 264.3M€ and is updated according to: RoR indexed to 10Y PGB yields (including 2022) Annual change of Inflation2 (from 2023 onwards) Annual efficiency factor of 1.5% (from 2023 onwards) Volume drivers (Km of network and power producer connections; including 2022) |
|
| + Efficiency Sharing Mechanism |
The mechanism application is only closed at the end of the regulatory period. In the next regulatory cycle, REN may share gains or losses with consumers During the period, REN may recognize contingent assets or liabilities in order to reflect potential gains or losses as a result of the mechanism No efficiencies have been recorded into REN's accounts under this mechanism. The best estimate should be registered near the end of the regulatory cycle |
Efficiencies are shared progressively (between 0%, 50% and 100%) and are measured against the reference return set by ERSE 100% 100% 50% 50% 0% 0% +1.50% -1.50% -0.625% +0.625% Efficiencies vs reference by ERSE return set |
||
| + Incentives |
New Incentive to the Improvement of the TSO Technical Performance (IMDT) based on performance metrics Incentive ranges between -20M€ and 20M€ |
Equivalent Interruption Time Network and equipment availability From 2022 onwards capacity targets Interconnection |


| Electricity | Consumption | Energy transmission losses | Line length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 TWh 13.2TWh (1.3%) |
1.8% 0.5pp |
334km 9,366km (3.7%) |
|
| 1Q21: 13.1TWh | 1Q21: 2.3% | 1Q21: 9,032km | |
| Renewables in consumption supply |
Average interruption time | Combined availability rate | |
| 48.8% 29.9pp |
0.06min 0.06min |
99.1% 0.3pp |
|
| 1Q21: 78.7% | 1Q21: 0.00min | 1Q21: 99.4% | |
| Gas Transmission |
Consumption | Combined availability rate | Line length |
| 1.0TWh 16.0TWh (6.6%) |
100.0% 0.0pp |
0km 1,375km (0.0%) |
|
| 1Q21: 15.0TWh | 1Q21: 100.0% | 1Q21: 1,375km | |
| Gas Distribution |
Gas distributed | Emergency situations with response time up to 60min |
Line length |
| 0.4TWh 1.9TWh (17.1%) |
98.6% 0.3pp |
220km 6,148km (3.7%) |
|
| 1Q21: 2.2TWh | 1Q21: 98.3% | 1Q21: 5,928km |




1 Includes electricity regulatory incentives (in 1Q21 €6.3M from the Incentive for the Rationalization of Economic Investments, and in 1Q22 €1.9M from the Incentive to the Improvement of the TSO Technical Performance) and excludes Opex remuneration related to pass-through costs | 2. Includes REN Trading incentives, telecommunication sales and services rendered, interest on tariff deviation, consultancy revenues and other services provided, OMIP and Nester results | 3. Includes Apolo SpA and Aerio Chile SpA costs | 4 Excludes the segment "Other", which includes REN SGPS, REN Serviços, REN Telecom, REN Trading, REN PRO and REN Finance B.V. | 5 Refers to Portgás

1Q22 RESULTS 10



Key highlights


Average RAB evolution €M




Increase in Return on RAB justified by a higher RoR of 4.79% (vs 4.50%), despite smaller asset base (by €27.4M to a total of €890.4M)
Higher return on RAB attributed to a higher rate of return (from 4.70% to 4.99%) and higher asset base (+€3.3M to a total of €476.1M)
0.34
5.56


€40.2M)
higher asset base (by €2.4M to
5.94
€+0.38M (+6.9%)
0.04


• Electricity costs in LNG terminal (+2.7M€) are still a major part
• Pass-through costs (costs accepted in the tariff) increased by €0.4M, of which €1.0M correspond to the acquisition of operation gas related to the beginning of the Mibgás organized gas market in Portugal, +€1.6M in subsoil occupation levies, and -€1.8M in costs with crossborder and system services costs


EBITDA increased YoY mainly driven by higher revenues and

EBITDA increased YoY, driven by higher revenues (higher tariff)
(49.6%)


Increase vs 1Q21 reflecting the increase in EBT (+€3.3M).




1 Calculated as Net Debt plus Cash, bank deposits and derivative financial instruments (€530M), excluding effects of hedging on yen denominated debt, accrued interest and bank overdrafts | 2 Includes loans (1.7%) and leasing (0.2%)

REN's share ended Q1 with a TSR of 12% strikingly above sector







EBITDA of €118.4M an increase of €4.0M YoY (+3.5%), mainly due to the positive impact from TOTEX revenues, higher remuneration from RAB and international business performance.

Net Profit reached €6.0M (+32.6%) partly attributed to the positive impact from EBIT and Financial results, despite these being partially offset by higher taxes and higher levy.

Remarkable Net Debt progress as a result of higher operating cash flow and tariff deviations coupled with stable average cost of debt.

Capex and Transfers to RAB slowed down YoY, as last year REN recovered delayed projects.

The payment of a dividend of 15.4 cents per share was approved with majority at the General Shareholder's meeting on the 28th of April and started to be payed on the 19th of May.
This presentation and all materials, documents and information used therein or distributed to investors in the context of this presentation do not constitute, or form part of, a public offer, private placement or solicitation of any kind by REN, or by any of REN's shareholders, to sell or purchase any securities issued by REN and its purpose is merely of informative nature and this presentation and all materials, documents and information used therein or distributed to investors in the context of this presentation may not be used in the future in connection with any offer in relation to securities issued by REN without REN's prior consent.
Madalena Garrido – Head of IR Alexandra Martins José Farinha Telma Mendes
Av. EUA, 55 1749-061 Lisboa Telephone: +351 210 013 546 [email protected]










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