German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel (L) talks to Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, before an energy summit with focus on energy efficiency and security in Berlin July 3, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche, Harry Roels, CEO of German multi-utility RWE, and Klaus Rauscher, CEO of Vattenfall Europe AG (L-R), before an energy summit with focus on energy efficiency and security in Berlin July 3, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON spokesman Peter Blau (L), Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat and board member Lutz Feldmann prepare for a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat (L), chief executive of German utility giant E.ON, arrives for a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat (L), chief executive of German utility giant E.ON, and board member Lutz Feldmann attend a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat (L), chief executive of German utility giant E.ON, and board member Lutz Feldmann leave after a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, arrives at a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, drinks a glass of water after a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, drinks a glass of water after a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat (R), chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, talks to E.ON's spokesman Peter Blau during a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, arrives at a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, attends a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive officer of the German utility giant E.ON, attends a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, attends a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, attends a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of the German utility giant E.ON, attends a news conference in Madrid April 3, 2007. Spain's biggest power company Endesa will be broken up after a last-minute deal between three companies fighting to control it, and the Spanish government came under attack for its handling of the saga. Germany's E.ON on Monday admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Endesa and announced a deal with its erstwhile rivals Enel and Acciona to carve up the Spanish firm. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat gestures during a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat attends a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat attends a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat attends a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat prepares to leave after news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat (R) and Johannes Theyssen arrive for a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat (R) and Marcus Schenck arrive for a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat checks his watch as he waits for a news conference to start in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat (C) poses with members of the board before a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. Members of the board are (L-R)Johannes Theyssen, Burckhard Bergmann, Marcus Schenck, Wulf Bernotat, Lutz Feldmann and Hans Michael Gaul. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat poses before a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat poses before a news conference in Duesseldorf March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat smiles as he attend a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat attends a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat attends a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat arrives for a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat poses for photographers before a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat poses for photographers before a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

Germany utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat poses for photographers before a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

German utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat smiles during a news conference in Madrid February 3, 2007. Top German utility E.ON said on Saturday its offer for Spain's Endesa would be earnings enhancing from the first year. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

Germany's utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat faces reporters before a news conference at a Madrid hotel November 6, 2006. E.ON said on Monday it would move quickly with its $47 billion offer for Spain's Endesa after the Spanish government dropped key conditions that had stood in the way of a deal to create the world's top power and gas group. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

Germany utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat gestures after a news conference at a Madrid hotel November 6, 2006. E.ON said on Monday it would move quickly with its $47 billion offer for Spain's Endesa after the Spanish government dropped key conditions that had stood in the way of a deal to create the world's top power and gas group. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

Germany utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat removes his glasses during a news conference at a Madrid hotel November 6, 2006. E.ON said on Monday it would move quickly with its $47 billion offer for Spain's Endesa after the Spanish government dropped key conditions that had stood in the way of a deal to create the world's top power and gas group. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

Germany utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat gestures during a news conference at a Madrid hotel November 6, 2006. E.ON said on Monday it would move quickly with its $47 billion offer for Spain's Endesa after the Spanish government dropped key conditions that had stood in the way of a deal to create the world's top power and gas group. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

Germany utility giant E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat gestures during a news conference at a Madrid hotel November 6, 2006. E.ON said on Monday it would move quickly with its $47 billion offer for Spain's Endesa after the Spanish government dropped key conditions that had stood in the way of a deal to create the world's top power and gas group. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) welcomes E.ON CEO Wulf Bernotat (L) and DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche to an energy summit with focus on energy efficiency and security in Berlin October 9, 2006. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY) 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in the Grugahalle in Essen, May 4, 2006. Nuclear energy must be retained to balance the environmental damage from heavily carbon-emitting coal power plants, E.ON chief executive Bernotat said on Thursday. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) applaude to E.ON CEO Wulf Bernotat (L) and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller after a contract signing ceremony in Russia's western Siberian city of Tomsk April 27, 2006. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the heart of Siberia on Thursday to discuss the security of gas supply to Europe and to try to agree on a strategy for dealing with Iran. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) welcomes E.ON CEO Wulf Bernotat (C) and DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche before a German energy summit in Berlin April 3, 2006. Chancellor Angela Merkel met with top managers from German utilities and other major firms on Monday to begin work on a new long-term energy policy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz