AUC vs. DUC
The AUC for the combined year 2020-2021 is in line with the planned DUC (-0.1%, or -0.29 €2017). This is due to the combination of higher than planned TNSUs (+1.9%) and higher than planned terminal costs in real terms but in a lesser proportion (+1.7%, or +1.2 M€2017).
Terminal service units
The difference between actual and planned TNSUs (+1.9%) falls within the ±2% dead band. Thus the resulting additional terminal revenue is kept by the ANSPs.
Terminal costs by entity
Actual real terminal costs for 2020-2021 are +1.7% (+1.2 M€2017) higher than planned. This result is driven by the main ANSP, NAV Portugal (+1.8%, or +1.2 M€2017), while the METSPs costs are in line with the plan and NSA costs are -1.7% lower than planned.
Terminal costs for the main ANSP at charging zone level
Overall, the terminal costs in real terms for NAV Portugal in 2020-2021 were higher than the determined costs from the performance plan (by +1.8%, or +1.2 M€2017). This results from:
- higher staff costs (+1.4% for 2020-2021), “mainly due to the following factors: i) Higher pension fund costs, namely in NAV/CTA-MT; ii) Contingent liabilities arising from specific situations in which ATCOs do not meet the requirements for access to retirement status; iii) Capitalized work that did not materialize at the same level as planned.”
- lower other operating costs (-2.7%), “mainly explained by lower spending on IT assistance and other outsourced services, repair and maintenance, communication and travel.”
- higher depreciation (+5.4%); and higher cost of capital (+17.8%), due to a “higher than expected incorporation of investments over the period”, also “reflected in the net book value of fixed assets”.