UK utilities flatline on retail

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Five of the big six UK utilities lost as much money as they earned in their retail businesses in 2009, but their power generation businesses fared better, Japanese bank Nomura said July 9.rnThe report covered Centrica, Scottish Power, E.ON, RWE npower and EDF Energy, but not Scottish & Southern Energy. "Both gas and electricity supply in the UK was essentially a break-even enterprise for the UK in 2009," the report said. "Centrica was the only supplier to make decent margins in both gas and electricity supply." It said UK gas supply margins were only at breakeven while electricity power margins were slightly higher at plus 1%.