Annual Report to the European Commission: Main Developments in the French Electricity and Natural Gas Markets in 2024 and the First Half of 2025 (CRE)

Summary

• In 2024 the CRE reviewed more than 3.67 GW of wind and 3.77 GWc of photovoltaic capacity, covering 794 files.p.7
• France exported nearly 90 TWh of electricity as production rose sharply.p.7
• The Linky smart meter rollout installed 34.3 million meters by end-2021, at a final cost of 4 billion euros.p.19
• Enedis paid 87 million euros in penalties to residential customers for long outages in 2024.p.16
• Enedis's 2024 service-quality incentives produced an overall malus of 19.8 million euros.p.17
• For TURPE 7 the CRE set RTE's outage targets at 2.9 minutes per year and 0.38 outages per year, with an incentive cap of 50 million euros.p.15

Key insights

1. The CRE's 2024 tender work covered 3.67 GW of wind and 3.77 GWc of solar, across 794 files.p.7
2. RTE operates a network of more than 100,000 km of lines, the largest in Europe.p.10
3. Enedis manages 95% of the distribution network in mainland France, while 114 local distribution companies operate the rest.p.12
4. The Linky project cost 4 billion euros, nearly 700 million euros below the initial budget.p.19
5. Penalties paid by Enedis to residential customers totalled 87 million euros in 2024.p.16
6. Enedis's 2024 performance on connection times for high-voltage (HTA) consumers improved, reaching 232 days on average, a 6% reduction.p.22
7. Enedis's average connection time for low-voltage consumers above 36 kVA reached 154 days in 2024.p.22
8. Under TURPE 7, the global cap on Enedis's continuity-of-supply incentive is set at +/- 91 million euros.p.14