| Transmissions Grids
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| in km | 2004/2005 | 2003/2004 | % change |
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| Electricity grid | 14,544 | 14,734 | -1 |
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| District heating grid | 1,889 | 1,892 | – |
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| Steam grid | 105 | 207 | -49 |
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| Gas grid | 5,608 | 5,594 | – |
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| Water grid | 4,101 | 4,124 | -1 |
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| Telecommunications | 2,236 | 2,883 | -19 |
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| of which: glass fibre | 681 | 930 | -27 |
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A new regulatory framework has been in place since the new Energy Act (EnWG) came into force in July 2005. The unbundling regulations, for example, have to have been implemented in organisational, accounting and information terms. These serve to achieve a clear separation of roles between the network divisions on the one hand and the competitive divisions, such as sales, on the other.
The companies of the MVV Energie Group have implemented the legal requirements in terms of unbundling and have introduced an equal treatment programme. Moreover, MVV Energie AG has established a central regulation management department for its network of municipal utility companies, which is responsible for communicating with the Federal Network Agency and for coordinating and supporting the exchange of data.
The Energy Act requires the legal separation of generation, network and sales activities as of 1 July 2007. At MVV Energie AG, the strategic and operational issues involved will result in the hiving off of the network division, which we intend to have undertaken by 1 October 2006.
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