State-controlled utility Electricite de France SA's (EDF.FR) international investments finance themselves through the cash-flows they generate, Chief Executive Pierre Gadonneix said Thursday.

State-controlled utility Electricite de France SA's (EDF.FR) international investments finance themselves through the cash-flows they generate, Chief Executive Pierre Gadonneix said Thursday.

International operating capital expenditure is "self-financed through international cash-flow," according to a presentation Gadonneix delivered to reporters following publication of first-half earnings.

Gadonneix has called for an increase in regulated power tariffs, which has heightened sensitivity about how much money the group has spent on foreign development.