第1页共4页编号:时间:2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟页码:第1页共4页Europeanutilities欧洲公用事业Powerstruggles能源之争(陈继龙编译)Nov30th2006FromTheEconomistprinteditionPoliticalandbusinessinterestscollideasEurope'senergyfirmsconsolidate欧洲能源公司合并引发政治与商业利益冲突。“WEexpectedawave—butwhathappenedwasatsunami,”saysEmmanuelTurpin,autilitiesanalystatMorganStanley,aninvestmentbank.Energy-industryinsiderspredictedaseriesofmergersandacquisitionsinEuropeanutilitiesatthebeginningofthisyear.ButhardlyanyoneexpectedtheannouncementinFebruaryoftwoofthebiggest-evertakeoversincorporateEurope:thebidforEndesa,aSpanishelectricitycompany,byE.ON,aGermanpowergiant;andthemergerofGazdeFrance(GDF),aFrenchgasfirm,andSuez,anotherFrenchutility.摩根斯坦利投资银行的公用事业分析专家伊曼纽尔•特尔平说:“我们本来期待的是一阵浪潮,可发生的却是一场海啸。”能源产业内部人士早就预言今年伊始欧洲公用事业将实施一连串的并购,但今年2月公诸于众的两宗迄今为止欧洲最大的并购案却是大多数人始料未及的:一个是德国能源巨头E.ON公司竞购西班牙Endesa电力公司,另一个是法国燃气公司(GDF)与另一家法国公用事业公司Suez的合并。Thelatesttakeoverintheindustry,announcedthisweek,issmaller,lessspectacularandnotmuchofasurprise.Iberdrola,aSpanishelectricitycompany,announcedonNovember28thitseuro17.2billion($22.5billion)bidforScottishPower,aBritishutility.ComparedwiththeE.ONbid,nowvaluedateuro37billion,andtheeuro78billionmergerofSuezandGDF,thedeallookslikesmallbeer.(1)YettheacquisitionwillcreateoneofEurope'ssixbiggestutilitiesandaworldleaderinrenewableenergy.Andinstrikingcontrasttothetwobiggerdeals,whichareboggeddown[1]inlegalandpoliticalquagmires,itislikelytoproceedsmoothly.相比之下,本周宣布的能源产业最近一次并购则比较小,不太引人注目,而且也不怎么出人意料。11月28日,西班牙Iberdrola电力公司宣布将以172亿欧元(约合225亿美元)收购英国公用事业公司ScottishPower。相比E.ON竞购案(现价已达370亿欧元)及苏伊士与GDF之间780亿欧元的合并案,这笔交易看上去似乎微不足道,不过本次并购将造就一个跻身欧洲前六位的大型公用事业公司及全球可再生能源先锋。而且,与陷入法律和政治泥潭而停滞不前的前述两单大买卖形成鲜明对比的是,这一次有可能一第2页共4页第1页共4页编号:时间:2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟页码:第2页共4页帆风顺。(2)Thecatalystforthefrenetic[2]mergeractivityamongEuropeanutilitiesistherun-uptofullderegulationoftheEuropeanUnion'senergymarket.FormorethanadecadetheEuropeanCommissionhasbeentryingtoenableenergyproducersanddistributorstocompetefreelyacrossnationalborders.ThefinaldeadlineoftheEU'sbulkylegislativeprogrammetoliberalisethemarketisJuly2007.BythenmemberstatesaresupposedtohaveimplementedallEUenergydirectives.欧洲公用事业领域之所以掀起这场合并风潮,是因为有关方面正在酝酿彻底放宽欧盟能源市场。十多年来,欧盟委员会一直努力促进能源生产商和销售商展开跨越国界的自由竞争。欧盟旨在实现市场自由化的一揽子立法计划完成的最后截止时间是2007年7月,届时各成员国应当均已遵照执行欧盟各项能源指导方针。IgnacioGalán,thebossofIberdrola,saidthisweekthatthefast-approachingderegulationinEurope,whichwillputbig,cross-borderfirmsinastrongerposition,wasoneofthereasonsforhisbidforScottishPower.ButMrGalándidnotmentionthemoreprobabledriverofthedeal.ACS,aSpanishconstructioncompany,recentlyboughta10%stakeinIberdrolawithaviewtomergingitwithUniónFenosa,anotherSpanishpowercompanyinwhichACShasa40.5%stake.MrGalánisopposedtothedeal.Iberdrolaist...