references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message edison s.p.a. type public industry energy industry founded 1884 1884 headquarters milan italy key people bruno lescoeur ceo jean bernard l vy chairman products natural gas electric power revenue 12.325 billion 2014 1 operating income 841.0 million 2014 1 net income 40.0 million 2014 1 parent lectricit de france 99.4 % website www.edison.it edison s.p.a is an energy company in the field of electricity and natural gas headquartered in milan italy . the company was established in 1884 . edison employs about 4 000 people in europe africa and the middle east . chairman of the board is jean bernard l vy ceo of edf and chief executive officer is bruno lescoeur . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 financial results 4 shareholders 5 corporate whistleblowing 6 references history edit edison s headquarter in foro buonaparte 31 milan vertical dynamo jumbo type santa radegonda . museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia leonardo da vinci milan . edison was established in 1884 in milan as a power utility . it built europe s first power plant at santa radegonda in milan . in the 1950s edison invested to diversify its activities growing primarily in the chemical sector . by 1960 edison was italy s second largest chemical company . 2 following the nationalization and resulting sale of its electric assets to enel in 1962 edison downsized its energy business producing power only for self consumption and operating only the power plants that supplied the group s industrial facilities . 2 in 1966 edison merged with montecatini to create montedison italy s largest industrial chemistry group . citation needed in 1979 montedison s electric power assets 21 hydroelectric and 2 thermoelectric power plants were conveyed to selm a new company that four years later was listed on the milan stock exchange . in 1991 selm changed its name back to the historical edison name . 2 the years that followed marked a period of major growth owing in part to the 1991 national energy plan that promoted the construction of generating facilities based on renewable energy or their equivalent providing fresh momentum for the development of facilities for self consumption . also in the 1990s edison strengthened its hydrocarbon sector activities by acquiring reserves . 2 starting in 1999 the new laws that gradually deregulated the energy market reintroduced competition in the electric power and the natural gas industries . edison began to supply electric power to eligible customers and expand its downstream presence in the natural gas area . 2 in july 2001 a public tender offer to acquire montedison which was controlled by edison was received from italenergia s.p.a. owned by a group consisting of fiat 38.6 % electricit de france 18 % carlo tassara 20 % capitalia 9.6 % imi investimenti of the sanpaolo imi group 7.8 % and banca intesa 6 % . in june 2002 this group entered into an agreement for the reorganization of edison . the plan completed in december 2002 provided for creation of italenergia bis a new holding company where all shareholders of italenergia transferred their interests . the following year edison sondel and fiat energia merged into montedison to create a new company called edison . 3 on september 16 2005 transalpina di energia purchased 63.3 % of the common shares of edison from italenergia bis . the entire share capital of transalpina di energia is owned in equal shares by wgrm a subsidiary of electricit de france edf and delmi a subsidiary of a2a s.p.a. 4 in 2012 edf made a successful offer for the 99 483 % of edison s voting capital . 5 operations edit lng adriatic regassification terminal rovigo off shore platform vega pozzallo edison s primary activities are production and distribution of electricity and natural gas . edison and its subsidiaries operate across europe africa and the middle east . 6 7 8 edison is the second largest power producer in italy about 15 % of national output and in greece about 12 % of national output . 6 it operates in greece through subsidiary elpedison 38 % interest a joint venture between edison hellenic petroleum and ellaktor . 9 together with depa it develops the greece italy pipeline project . 10 hydrocarbons operations include exploration production and distribution of natural gas and crude oil . as of 2010 edison owned 80 hydrocarbons concessions and permits with hydrocarbons reserves of 52.8 billion cubic metres 1.86 trillion cubic feet . 11 financial results edit in milioni di 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 ricavi di vendita 12 325 12 335 12 014 12 097 10 446 8 867 10 064 ebitda 814 1 009 1 103 1 003 1 369 1 471 1 643 risultato netto 40 96 81 871 21 240 346 12 13 14 15 shareholders edit the company s controlling shareholder is electricit de france with 99.4 % of the capital . 16 8 corporate whistleblowing edit on july 19 2016 the company launched a whistleblowing platform available to its employees in order to collect information about wrongdoing and fight internal corruption . 17 18 references edit a b c http www.edison.it en edison ends 2014 revenues holding steady 123 billion euros and ebitda 814 million euros compared mlid 1020 & active 1021 a b c d e montedison profile us securities and exchange commission 2002 annual report 2006 1 a b who s who sutter s international red series fact sheet on edison s activities in the hydrocarbons sector a b http quotes.wsj.com it edn company people who we are . edison . retrieved 25 april 2013 . interconnection turkey greece italy itgi pipeline hydrocarbons technology hydrocarbons business pdf . edison . retrieved 25 april 2013 . http www.edison.it financial statement 2011 attachments it bilancio annuale 2011.pdf edison utile netto 2013 sale a 96 milioni di euro 28 03 2014 firstonline highlights archivi dei bilanci e delle relazioni infra annuali edison capitale e azionariato 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