A) Summary tables Synthesis in number of sites
Residential sites Non residential sites Situation (number of sites)
March 31st 2011 December 31st,
2010 March 31st 2011 December 31st, 2010
Total number of sites 30,300, 000 30,200,000 4,894, 000 4,871,000
Sites under regulated tarifs 28,674, 000 28,615,000 4,174, 000 4,143,000
• Sites with contracts at market
prices, among which : 1,626, 000 1,585,000 720, 000 728,000
• Sites at TaRTAM all suppliers,
among which : – – 12, 300 11,900
o Incumbent suppliers – – 1, 800 2,300
o Alternative suppliers – – 10, 500 9,600
• Sites not at TaRTAM all
suppliers, among which : 1,626, 000 1,585,000 708, 000 716,000
o Incumbent suppliers 14, 000 14,000 347, 000 354,000
o Alternative suppliers 1,612, 000 1,571,000 361, 000 362,000
Alternative suppliers’ market
share within all sites 5.3 % 5.2 % 7.6% 7.6%
Sources: DSO, TSO, Incumbent suppliers– Analysis: CRE
Synthesis in annualized consumption
Residential sites Non residential sites Situation
(annualized consumption) March 31st 2011 December 31st,
2010 March 31st 2011 December 31st, 2010
All sites 143 TWh 142 TWh 294 TWh 299 TWh
Consumption contracted at
regulated tariffs 135.4 TWh 134.5 TWh 162.3 TWh 159.7 TWh
• Consumption contracted at
market prices. among which : 7.6 TWh 7.5 TWh 131.7 TWh 139.3 TWh
• Consumption at TaRTAM all
suppliers. among which : – – 73.7 TWh 75.3 TWh
o Incumbent suppliers – – 34.3 TWh 39.6 TWh
o Alternative suppliers – – 39.4 TWh 35.7 TWh
• Consumption not at TaRTAM
all suppliers. among which : 7.6 TWh 7.5 TWh 57.9 TWh 64 TWh
o Incumbent suppliers 0.1 TWh 0.2 TWh 50.8 TWh 51.5 TWh
o Alternative suppliers 7.5 TWh 7.3 TWh 7.1 TWh 12.5 TWh
Alternative suppliers’ market
share within all sites 5.2% 5.1% 15.8 % 16.1 %
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers– Analysis: CRE
B) Evolution of the number of sites with contract at market prices Number of sites with contract at market prices
– NON RESIDENTIAL sites –
349 000
371 000
0 100 000 200 000 300 000 400 000 500 000 600 000 700 000 800 000
avril-10 mai-10 juin-10 juil.-10 août-10 sept.-10 oct.-10 nov.-10 déc.-10 janv.-11 fév.-11 mars-11
Incumbent suppliers Alternative suppliers
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Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE NB: TaRTAM sites are included with sites at market prices
Number of sites with contract at market prices – RESIDENTIAL sites –
1 612 000 14 000
0 200 000 400 000 600 000 800 000 1 000 000 1 200 000 1 400 000 1 600 000 1 800 000
avril-10 mai-10 juin-10 juil.-10 août-10 sept.-10 oct.-10 nov.-10 déc.-10 janv.-11 fév.-11 mars-11
Incumbent suppliers Alternative suppliers
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Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE
On March 31st, 2011. approximately 720,000 non residential sites and 1,626,000 residential sites have contracts at market prices.
C) Market shares on March 31st, 2011. in number of sites
Share of sites for each type of contract on March 31st, 2011
12%
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE NB: TaRTAM sites are included with sites at market prices
On March 31st, 2011, around 7% of sites have contract at market prices and 86% have chosen an alternative supplier.
D) Market shares on March 31st 2011. in electricity consumption Share of consumption for each type of contract on March 31st 2011
13% 7%
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE NB: TaRTAM sites are included with sites at market prices
E) HHI Index
The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index3 is a measure of market concentration. The figure below shows this index of the level of concentration on the retail electricity market in terms of number of sites and consumption.
Evolution of the HHI index for each type of contract in number of sites and in consumption
0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 000 8 000 9 000
All sites (35.2 M sites) (437 TWh)
Larges non residential sites (34, 000 sites) (182 TWh)
Medium non residential sites (428 000 sites) (67 TWh)
Small non residential sites (4.4 M sites) (45 TWh)
Residential sites (30.3 M sites) (143 TWh)
number of sites
consumption
Low concentrated market Concentrated market Highly concentrated market
Sources: Analyse CRE
F) Focus on TaRTAM
The 7th of December 2006 law established the transitory regulated tariff for market adjustment (TaRTAM). This law has been changed several times. The current new law of 7th of December 2010 modified the previous laws. Clients can benefit TaRTAM tariff if they have subscribed it before 1st of July 2010 and until the date of implementation of the regulated access to nuclear power (NOME law).
The TaRTAM is equal to the regulated retail tariff exclusive of tax on the 15/08/2008. increased by 23% for green tariffs. 20% for yellow tariffs. and 10% for blue tariffs.
On March 31st, 2011, around 12, 300 sites which accounts for 1.7% of non residential sites with contracts at market prices benefit from the TaRTAM. They represent an annual consumption of 74 TWh. i.e. 56% of the consumption of non residential sites with contracts at market prices. The new TaRTAM clients are small non residential sites.
25 suppliers provide TaRTAM sites. 85% of TaRTAM sites representing 53% of TaRTAM consumption have chosen to benefit from the TaRTAM with an alternative supplier.
3The HHI equals the sum of the actors’ market shares squared, and measures market concentration (the higher the index, the more concentrated the market). Generally, a market is considered to be weakly concentrated if its HHI is below 1,000, and
Share of TaRTAM sites within non residential sites with contracts at market prices on March 31st, 2011
98%
52%
~ 2% 2% ~ 1%
48%
~ 99%
~ 98%
All sites with contracts at market price
(720 000)
Large non residential sites with contracts at
market price (6 000 sites)
Medium non residential sites with contracts at
market price (22 000 sites)
Small non residential sites with contracts at market price
(692 000)
Other sites with contracts at market price TaRTAM sites
Sources: Suppliers – Analysis: CRE
Note: on March 31st 2011, among 22,000 medium non residential sites with contracts at market prices.
2% has chosen to benefit from the TaRTAM.
Share of TaRTAM consumption within non residential sites with contracts at market prices on March 31st, 2011
90%
10%
55%
~ 2%
59%
~ 98%
45% 41%
All sites with contracts at market price
(131 TWh)
Large non residential sites with contracts at
market price (121 TWh)
Medium non residential sites with contracts at market price
(3 TWh)
Small non residential sites with contracts at market price
(7 TWh)
Other sites with contracts at market price
TaRTAM sites
Source: Suppliers – Analyses: CRE
G) Active suppliers on March 31st, 2011
List of national active suppliers declared at CRE4 on March 31st, 2011
Suppliers. trademark(s)
Large non residential sites
Medium non residential sites
Small non residential sites
Residential sites
Alternative suppliers5
Atel Energie
Direct Energie
Edenkia
E.ON Energie
Enercoop
EGL
Endesa Energia
Enel France
Energem
GDF Suez
Lampiris
Suppliers, trademark(s) Large non residential sites
Medium non residential sites
Small non residential sites
Residential sites
HEW Energies
Iberdrola
Oddo Power
Planète UI
Poweo
SNET
Incumbent suppliers6
Alterna
EDF
GEG Source
d’Energies
Sources: DSO. TSO. energie-info – Analysis: CRE
The table lists suppliers who. in the last day of the quarter of the observatory and for each segment of customers:
• are registered in the search engine of suppliers by zip code. online on the website www.energie-info.fr 7
• are national i.e. they did declare offering contracts in at least 90% of the French cities connected to the electricity network (excluding Corsica);
• are actives if they fulfil at least one of these conditions:
- they supply at least one site with integrated contract.
- they are a balancing responsible entity of at least one site with a transmission contract/distribution contract.
- they are a balancing responsible entity and they delivered part of a site consumption during the last quarter.
Suppliers who did not wish to appear in the suppliers lists or did not declare offering contracts in more than 90% of the French cities for at least a segment of customers are not quoted.
On March 31st, 2011 about 160 local suppliers are active within the territory including the incumbent suppliers (local distribution companies8). These suppliers operate locally or regionally and offer contracts to one or more segments of customers.