The company reported revenues of E15.08 billion for the first quarter of 2008, a 55% increase, compared to E9.73 billion for the same quarter of 2007.

EBITDA in the first quarter of 2008 amounted to E3.4 billion, a 47.7% increase, compared to E2.33 billion for the same quarter of 2007. Capital expenditure in the first quarter of 2008 totaled E1.17 billion, a 67.8% increase when compared to capital expenditure for the same period of 2007.

Fulvio Conti, CEO and general manager of Enel, said: The performance for the first quarter of 2008 confirms the solidity of the fundamentals of the domestic market, with growing margins in retail business, in infrastructure and networks and in power generation.