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The Acea Group is the top Italian operator in the water sector serving 9 million people. The Group manages the integrated water service in Rome and Frosinone and in the respective provinces, as well as in other parts of Lazio, in Tuscany, Umbria, Campania and Molise. The Group is also present in Abruzzo, Molise and Campania in the natural gas distribution market, nel Comune di Pescara, in the Municipality of Pescara and in the provinces of L’Aquila, Chieti, Campobasso, Isernia and Salerno.

The Acea Group is a major operator in Italy with about 9.4 TWh of electricity distributed in Rome. The Group also manages the public and artistic lighting of the capital for a total of more than 204,676 lights. The Acea Group is committed to energy efficiency projects and the development of new technologies, such as smart grids and electric mobility, through particularly innovative pilot projects.

The Acea Group is one of the main national operators in the field of generation from renewable sources and is involved in energy efficiency projects and energy solutions in the business segment. It is particularly focused on finding innovative approaches to managing production assets and implementing new production capacity that reduces the Group's carbon footprint.

The Acea Group is one of the leading Italian players in the sale of electricity and offers innovative and flexible solutions for the supply of electricity and natural gas with the objective of consolidating its positioning as a dual fuel operator. It operates on the market segments of medium-sized enterprises and households with the objective of improving the quality of the services offered with particular regard to web and social channels. It supervises the Group's energy management policies. The Segment also has the objective of developing and searching for innovations and start–ups to launch testing projects in the technological field.

The Acea Group manages water activities in Latin America and its objective is to make the most of development opportunities in other businesses related to those already held in Italy.
It is present in Honduras, Dominican Republic and Peru, serving approximately 10 million people. The activities are carried out in partnership with local and international partners, including through staff training and the transfer of know-how to local entrepreneurs.

The Acea Group is one of the main national operators with about 1,715 million tons of waste managed per year. Among the various treatment and disposal plants operated in 8 regions, there is a main waste-to-energy plant and the largest anaerobic digestion and composting plant in Lazio region. It is particularly focused on the development of investments in the waste-to-energy and in the waste recycling businesses, which is considered to have high potential, in line with the strategic objective of environmental and energy enhancement of waste, as well as its recovery and recycling in the plastics, paper and metals sectors and in the production of high-quality compost.

The Acea Group has developed know-how at the forefront in the design, construction and management of integrated water systems: from the source to the pipelines, from distribution to the sewer network, and treatment. It develops applied research projects aimed at technolog- ical innovation in the water, environmental and energy sectors. Laboratory and engineering consultancy services are of particular importance. The Acea Group is also engaged in the design and creation of plants for the environment and for the treatment of water and waste.