Electricity Report 2025: Full Report (RTE)

Summary

• Corrected electricity consumption in mainland France was 451 TWh in 2025, up 0.4% on 2024.p.6
• Gross consumption reached 446.1 TWh, up 0.9%, and the annual peak of 88 GW was the highest since 2021.p.10
• Demand from large consumers connected to the transmission grid remained 13% below the pre-crisis period.p.14
• Within manufacturing, chemicals consumption fell 9.2% and steel 2.6%.p.15
• Electricity production in mainland France reached 547.5 TWh in 2025, up 8.2 TWh or 1.5%.p.21
• Low-carbon production hit a historic maximum of 521.1 TWh, representing 95.2% of electricity produced, versus 95.0% in 2024.p.22

Key insights

1. Hydropower fell by 12.9 TWh after exceptional 2024 rainfall, offset by nuclear output up 11.3 TWh.p.21
2. 36% of households reported difficulty paying energy bills in 2025, versus 28% in 2024.p.9
3. Self-consumption photovoltaic installations rose from nearly 40,000 at end of 2018 to nearly 850,000 at end of 2025.p.9
4. French GDP grew 0.9% in 2025 according to INSEE, versus 1.2% in 2024.p.8
5. Consumption by large manufacturing consumers fell 2.3%.p.15
6. Fossil thermal production fell by 1.3 TWh, for the third consecutive year.p.22