VIII Edition of the Platts Global Energy Awards ENDESA, Power Company of the Year.

* ENDESA competed in its category with nine other finalists out of a total of 200 companies which take part annually.

* Platts is a division of the publishing group McGraw-Hill Companies and one of the world's leading energy research and information companies.

NEW YORK -- ENDESA (NYSE:ELE) has received the "power company of the year" award at the eighth edition of the Platts Global Energy Awards, one of the most prestigious in the energy sector in the world. Jose Luis MarE n, general manager of Endesa Red, represented ENDESA at the awards ceremony and gala dinner which took place at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York with over 500 leading executives from the world's major companies in attendance.

ENDESA was competing in the category of best power company of the year with nine other leading European and North American companies. The jury took into consideration the following aspects when choosing the winner: financial results, technological innovation, customer service, competition, strategic vision and risk management. Bruce Power, Duke Power Company, Eelectricite de France, Energy Corporation, Hydro One Network, NRG Energy Inc., NTPC Limited, TXU Corporation and WPS Resources were the other finalists.

The Platts Global Energy Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and, since then strive to recognise the leading companies in the industry in 17 categories. The winners are chosen from a list of 200 companies by a jury comprising national regulators, senior executives from leading energy companies and legislators.

Platts is a division of publishing group McGraw-Hill Companies and one of the leading energy research and information companies in the world.

* This document may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated financial and operating results and statistics that are subject to risks and uncertainties as well as to material risks, changes and other factors which may be difficult to predict, including, without limitation, those factors described in the Documento de Registro de Acciones of Endesa filed within the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores and in the Form 20-F of Endesa filed within the Securities and Exchange Commission, both for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. For all of these forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbour for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.