driving force behind the creation of the ORE (Energy Grid Operators) Agency (1),which brings together all the electricity and gas network operators in France. This Agency releases comprehensive data on all the operators.
Enedis’ remit to collect, protect and make data available has made it possible to develop industrial solutions for the entire French population, along the same lines as the Linky programme. The use of this data is of strategic interest to Enedis. This data also makes it possible for Enedis to improve its industrial performance and the quality of the service provided to customers. This moreover raises significant new challenges in the field of cybersecurity and requires enhanced protection of systems and data. All of Enedis’ information systems comply with the rules on individual data protection. In this regard, Enedis complies with the standards and rules laid down by the French Data Protection Agency (Commission nationale informatique et libertés, CNIL).
Enedis is a major player in the French electric system, and is convinced that there can be no industrial and economic performance without exemplary conduct from a social, societal and environmental standpoint. Enedis has put together a business plan for the years 2020-2025. It is based on a ground-breaking experiment involving dialogue with internal and external stakeholders that was launched in May 2020.
Upon completion of this consultation, Enedis was able to assert its values and its informal raison d’être: “To become France’s preferred public service that supports ecological transition in territories”.
The goals and commitments of this CSR policy are organised around three pillars: public service that has a positive effect for the planet, for women and men, and for local communities. They are divided into 15 key actions, which are part of the efforts to achieve 10 of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Enedis’ commitment has been enhanced and clarified in the CSR policy, and is centred around five major ambitions that aim to mitigate the various impacts on the climate and biodiversity:
Enedis’ priority ambition is to contribute to “carbon neutrality” by 2050. It aims to drastically reduce its own emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) and drive an ambitious procedure with its suppliers and providers to reduce Scope 3 emissions to the greatest extent possible. Enedis has set itself an initial reduction target of 20% across all scopes by 2025.
Enedis also intends to contribute to COP21 targets by accelerating the large-scale rollout of low-carbon electricity solutions and the controlled consumption of electricity by means of smart meters and smart grids.
In addition to its pro-climate actions, Enedis is working to preserve biodiversity. It has initiated actions to protect birds from electrocution via the National Avifauna Committee and in partnership with the French Bird Conservancy Society (Ligue de protection des oiseaux, LPO). It has also joined the Entreprises Engagées pour la Nature alliance of businesses that are committed to nature conservation.
With respect to adaptation to climate change, Enedis is working on reducing the vulnerability of its 1.4 million kilometres of networks to the various climate risks that have been identified. This mainly consists, for high-voltage overhead lines, of retrofits and burying specific sections of line.
Moreover, the Electricity Rapid Intervention Force (FIRE), which makes it possible to reposition resources and manpower anywhere in France in order to restore power as quickly as possible, has been modified in order to take into account the new interactions with other infrastructures (telecommunications, in particular).
Electricity systems that are not inter-connected to the continental metropolitan network, or NIZ (Non-Interconnected Zones) and that are operated by EDF provide power to Corsica, the overseas départements (except Mayotte) and the overseas territories of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, as well as several Ponant islands (Sein, Ouessant, Molène and Chausey).
EDF’s organisation in these regions is based on two structures:
The additional generation costs in these territories compared to the equivalent costs on the mainland are regarded by the legislature as a public service cost and, as such, are offset by the State budget.
The costs incurred by the network operator are, in contrast, covered by the Tariffs for Using the Public Electricity transmission and distribution Networks (TURPE) paid by network users and by the Electricity Equalisation Fund (Fonds de péréquation de l’électricité, FPE).
| Data at end-2022 | |
|---|---|
| Number of customers | Number of customers Data at end-2022approximately 1,236,000 |
| Network length (in km) | Network length ( in km) Data at end-2022approximately 39,400 |
| Net installed capacity of the EDF fleet (in MW) | Net installed capacity of the EDF fleet ( in MW) Data at end-20222,005 |
| of which hydropower fleet and other renewable energy sources | of which hydropower fleet and other renewable energy sourcesData at end-2022 22% |
| of which thermal fleet | of which thermal fleetData at end-2022 78% |
| Net output* (in GWh) | Net output* (in GWh)Data at end-20226,380 |
| of which hydropower output | of which hydropower outputData at end-2022 24% |
| Purchases of energy from third parties (in GWh) | Purchases of energy from third parties (in GWh)Data at end-20223,489 |
| of which renewable energies, including bagasse | of which renewable energies, including bagasseData at end-2022 55% |
| of which other energies | of which other energiesData at end-2022 45% |
| TOTAL ENERGY GENERATED* AND PURCHASED FROM THIRD PARTIES | TOTAL ENERGY GENERATED* AND PURCHASED FROM THIRD PARTIESData at end-20229,869 |
* Data including the EDF IES Division and EDF Production Électrique Insulaire (PEI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the EDF group.
(1) The ORE Agency federates all the French electricity and gas distribution market participants. It provides an overview of distribution in France, using a one-stop-shop approach, and makes data available free of charge. It provides aggregated data on multiple energy types and multiple network operators in order to support energy transition in local communities throughout France, using an open data approach and in the form of data visualisations.
