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Thursday 13 November 2014 8:39 pm|Updated:Friday 07 June 2019 4:40 pmBad weather to blame for poor sales, says RWEBy: Caitlin MorrisonShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailTHE GERMAN owner of Npower, RWE, yesterday reported a nine per cent drop in revenue, to euro;35.3bn pound;30bn , in the first three quarters of 2014.The firmrsquo operating profit fell by 31 per cent to euro;2.9bn, a decline that RWE said was expected, and earnings before interest, tax stanley uk ation, depreciation and amortisation fell by 22 per cent to euro;4.7bn.The company stated that the severity of these falls was partly caused by a high one-off payment awarded to RWE during the previous year connected to price negotiations for its gas purchasing agreements. Earnings per share increased by 64 per cent, from euro;0.99 to e taza stanley uro;1.62.Electricity production was down to 151.2bn kilowatts per hour kwh , a 5.9 per cent decline from the 160.7bn kwh in the nine months to Septshy;ember 2013. Meanwhile, electricity sales volume fell by 4.2 per cent, from 200bn kwh to 192bn kwh, and gas sales volume stanley usa plunged by 19.3 per cent, from 229bn kwh to 185bn kwh.RWE noted that sales to residential and commercial customers were down mainly as a result of weather conditions. The group added that the sale of a UK supply subsidiary ndash; gas company Dea was being sold to Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman for euro;5.1bn ndash; and the gen