Universal Registration Document 2022

In 2022, Enedis invested €4,415 million, of which:

• €2,266 million was earmarked for connections (consumers and producers) and adjusting the grid to the load;
• €1,618 million was dedicated to the quality of the service, to securing the networks, and to the security and preservation of the environment;
• €531 million was invested in information systems, telecommunications and operational resources (vehicles, machinery, real estate, etc.).

Investments in connections are at their highest level since 2015 due to a sharp increase in demand and increased prices. On the customer side, this is driven by

• ensure the monitoring of the load sharing perimeters;
• be the guarantor of the distribution and accounting of energy flows between the network user players, and the fair compensation of losses on these networks.

1.4.4.2.2 Distribution activities

Change in investments

individual and multi-family housing, and charging stations for electric vehicles. On the producers’ side, this is the result of the impacts of energy transition and the growth of renewable energies (wind and solar power).

In addition, the contracting authorities invested €745 million in 2022.

In all, almost €5,160 billion was therefore invested in 2022, in mainland France, on distribution networks within the scope operated by Enedis.

GROSS INVESTMENTS MADE BY ENEDIS

(1) Of which €492 million in 2021 for the Linky programme. Starting in 2022, investments made in the Linky chain are booked as “Connections and reinforcement” or “Work instruments and operational resources”. This change follows the completion of the large-scale rollout of these meters and therefore the end of the need to track these investments for the specific incorporation thereof into the TURPE.

(2) After deducting PCT ^(a) and Article 8 ^(b) for the part funded by Enedis.

(a) PCT (portion covered by the tariff): portion paid to project manager contractors from the contributions to the delivery tariff for financing a connection.

(b) Article 8 of Annex 1 of the concession specifications relating to the integration of works into the environment (for example, work to bury lines).

Furthermore, Enedis continues its efforts in the preventative maintenance of networks, including work relating to tree topping. This came to €343 million in 2022 (compared to €332 million in 2021).

Quality of service

Quality of service is one of Enedis’ main objectives. In 2022, the average outage time, excluding transmission incidents and exceptional incidents, was 59.5 minutes. This good result respects the target set at 62 minutes by the incentive regulation that is part of TURPE, despite several events that placed strain on the grids. There were several gales at the start of the year (Eunice, Franklin and Diego). The summer was then marked by several periods of stormy weather (that affected overhead powerlines) and by several unexpected heatwaves (that affected buried powerlines). The quality of service provided is also reflected by maintaining steady voltage levels, kept as close as possible to the level set by regulations, and by minimising the number of outages.

To respond to large-scale incidents, Enedis relies on an Electricity Rapid Intervention Force (FIRE). This system allows it to mobilise, at any time, in an affected region, the teams and resources from other regions in order to restore customers’ electricity as rapidly as possible. In 2022, FIRE intervened on four occasions on networks managed by Enedis. It also intervened twice on networks managed by EDF IES.

Development of renewable energies

During 2022 there was a significant increase in the number of new facilities that Enedis connected to the network, in particular photovoltaic facilities. Accordingly, 97,740 new photovoltaic facilities were connected (compared to 60,651 in 2021) for total power of 2,400MW (compared to 2,539MW in 2021). The increase in wind power generation connected to the public distribution network also continued, with 1,219MW connected in 2022 (compared to 1,008MW in 2021).

At the end of 2022, a total of around 31.4GW in photovoltaic and wind power generation was connected to the Enedis grid. It is made up respectively of 14.1GW from photovoltaic plants and 17.3GW from wind power generation. To the power thus generated are added other sources of power generation, in particular hydropower plants (1.6GW), cogeneration (2.6GW), biogas, biomass and dispatchable fossil-fuel thermal. In all, at the end of 2022, the generation fleet connected to Enedis was around 37.7GW.

In the total connections of photovoltaic facilities in 2022, 90,547 concern generators with low voltage ⁽¹⁾ connections of less than 36kVA, which are connected for self-consumption purposes, with or without sale of the surplus, which represents around 99% of the year’s connections for “small producers”.

In addition, Enedis has continued its efforts to develop capacities for accepting renewable energies. It has initiated construction work on substations within the regulatory framework of the regional plans for the connection of renewable energies to the network.

Development of electric mobility

The electrification of the transport sector has generated a significant amount of business for Enedis. All the charging stations that are needed for electric vehicles must be directly or indirectly connected to the public distribution network. This network must be capable of delivering the quantity of electricity needed for the instantaneous power required.

Sales of electric vehicles really took off in France in 2020, and represent around 10% of new vehicle sales, compared to between 2% and 3% in 2019. The increase continued in 2021 and in 2022. At the end of 2022, the number of electric vehicles on the road ⁽²⁾ reached 1,102,975, an increase of 46% compared to the figure at end-2021.