Power firm Eneco booked net profit of €177m last year, down almost 35% on 2008, the company said on Monday.

Turnover rose 6% to €5.2bn while the number of customers fell by 0.7%.
Eneco said the drop in earnings was due to the economic crisis and the cost of splitting off its delivery and grid operations into a separate company.
Unlike Essent and Nuon which have been sold to foreign companies, Eneco is still in Dutch local and provincial authority hands.