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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC announces record annual revenue of AED 32.84 billion, operating profit of AED 10.99 billion and an unprecedented EBITDA of AED 17.37 billion for 2025 · DEWA Podcasts

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  We begin tonight with major financial news from
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  Dubai. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  PJSC has announced record annual revenue of AED
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  32 .84 billion, operating profit of AED 10 .99
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  billion, and an unprecedented EBITDA of AED 17
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  .37 billion for 2025. These are the highest full
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  -year preliminary financial results in Dubai
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  Electricity and Water Authority's history. Indeed,
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  remarkable figures. The authority also achieved
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  several operational milestones. The highest annual
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  power generation of 62 .21 terawatt hours, highest
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  annual clean power generation of 10 .10 terawatt
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  hours, and the highest annual peak power demand
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  of 11 .39 gigawatts. Additionally, they recorded
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  the highest annual desalinated water demand of
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  161 .5 gigawatts. 505 billion imperial gallons
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  and the highest daily peak water demand of 487
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  million imperial gallons. His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Altayr, Managing Director and CEO of
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, commented
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  on these achievements. He said, We are committed
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  to the highest standards of excellence and sustainability,
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  inspired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
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  Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
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  of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the directives
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  of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin
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  Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy
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  Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the
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  UAE and Chairman of the Executive Council of
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  Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed
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  bin Rashid al -Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of
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  Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
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  Finance of the UAE. With their guidance, Dubai
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  Electricity and Water Authority will continue
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  to play a decisive role in Dubai's rapid progress.
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Altair, Managing
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  Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, added, For the year 2025, Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority delivered the strongest financial
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  and operational performance in its history, reflecting
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  the resilience of our business model, disciplined
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  execution of our strategy, and sustained growth
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  and demand across Dubai. Record revenue of AED
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  32 .84 billion sustainability remains central
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  to our strategy, with clean power generation
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  exceeding 10 terawatt hours for the first time,
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  reinforcing our progress toward the UAE's net
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  -zero 2050 vision. With profit after tax covering
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  our annual dividend of AED $6 .2 billion by approximately
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  1 .46 times, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  continues to offer a well -covered and resilient
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  dividend profile. The consolidated annual revenue
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  increased by 6 .02 % compared to the previous
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  year, while annual profit after tax for the group
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  increased by 25 .66 % to $9 .09 billion AED.
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  In 2025, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  generated 62 .21 TWh of power, up 5 .10 % from
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  2024, including 10 .10 TWh of clean power, a
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  52 .38 % increase, making up 16 .23 % of total
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  generation. Peak power demand rose 5 .83 % to
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  11 .39 GW. Desalinated water demand increased
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  6 .62 % to 161 .505 billion imperial gallons.
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  By year -end, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  had 1 ,327 ,182 customer accounts, a 4 .48 %
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  rise after adding 56 ,897 new accounts. For the
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  year 2025, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  invested 11 .72 billion AED group -wide, mainly
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  to enhance renewable energy capacity, desalination
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  plants, and transmission and distribution networks.
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  Indeed. Professionally and articulately, by the
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  end of 2025, the company's system -installed
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  generation capacity grew by 4 .66 % to 17 ,979
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  megawatts, with 3 ,860 megawatts of this capacity
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  coming from clean energy sources. Looking ahead,
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  by the end of 2030, Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority plans to have a total installed power
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  generation capacity that will exceed 23 gigawatts
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  and 735 million imperial gallons per day of desalinated
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  water. Of this 23 gigawatts, around 8 .3 gigawatts
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  will be from renewable sources, representing
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  36 .1%. Regarding dividends, as per Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority's policy, the company expects
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  to pay a minimum annual dividend of AED 6 .2
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  billion in the first five years, starting October
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  2022, distributed semi -annually in April and
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  October. A strong performance demonstrates Dubai
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  Electricity and Water Authority's commitment
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  to sustainable growth and operational excellence.