Contractual obligations at 31 March 2009

The table of contractual obligations shown below analyses our long-term contractual obligations according to payment period.

Purchase obligations reflect commitments under power contracts and future capital expenditure contracted for but not provided. The other long-term liabilities reflected in the balance sheet at 31 March 2009 comprise commodity contracts carried at fair value and other creditors that represent contractual obligations falling due after more than one year.

Interest on borrowings is calculated based on borrowings at 31 March 2009 and does not reflect future debt issues. Floating-rate interest has been estimated using future interest rate curves at 31 March 2009.

Less than
1 year
£m
1-3
years
£m
3-5
years
£m
More than
5 years
£m
Total
£m
Financial liabilities
Borrowings 2,839 4,406 3,777 15,279 26,301
Interest payments on borrowings 1,031 1,885 1,578 7,878 12,372
Finance lease liabilities 46 110 38 124 318
Other non-interest bearing liabilities 2,303 396 2,699
Derivatives payments 598 2,477 975 1,179 5,229
Derivatives receipts (1,057) (2,795) (490) (1,184) (5,526)
Commodity contracts 601 486 87 127 1,301
Other contractual obligations          
Capital commitments 1,167 287 33 6 1,493
Operating leases 82 152 163 549 946
Energy commitments 990 1,436 791 428 3,645
Total at 31 March 2009 8,600 8,840 6,952 24,386 48,778

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