A) Summary tables
Synthesis in number of sites
Residential sites Non residential sites Situation (number of sites) September 30th
2011
June 30th 2011 September 30th 2011
June 30th 2011
Total number of sites 30,490,000 30,300, 000 4,909,000 4,907,000
• Sites under regulated tarifs 28,739,000 28,626, 000 4,209,000 4,202,000
• Sites with contracts at market
prices, among which : 1,751, 000 1,674,000 700,000 705,000
• Sites at TaRTAM all suppliers,
among which : – – – 7,220
o Incumbent suppliers – – – 1,790
o Alternative suppliers – – – 5,430
• Sites not at TaRTAM all
suppliers, among which : 1,751,000 1,674,000 700,000 698,000
o Incumbent suppliers 12,000 13,000 333,000 337,000
o Alternative suppliers 1,739,000 1,661,000 367,000 361,000
Alternative suppliers’ market
share within all sites 5.7 % 5.4 % 7.5 % 7.4 %
Sources: DSO, TSO, Incumbent suppliers– Analysis: CRE
Synthesis in annualized consumption
Residential sites Non residential sites Situation
(annualized consumption)
September 30th 2011
June 30th 2011 September 30th 2011
June 30th 2011
Total number of sites 143.2 TWh 142 TWh 293.5 TWh 295 TWh
Consumption contracted at
regulated tariffs 135 TWh 134,2 TWh 162 TWh 162 TWh
• Consumption contracted at
market prices. among which : 8.2 TWh 7.8 TWh 131.5 TWh 133 TWh
• Consumption at TaRTAM all
suppliers. among which : – – – 75 TWh
o Incumbent suppliers – – – 35.7 TWh
o Alternative suppliers – – – 39.3 TWh
• Consumption not at TaRTAM
all suppliers. among which : 8.2 TWh 7.8 TWh 131.5 TWh 58 TWh
o Incumbent suppliers ~ 0.1 TWh ~ 0 TWh 74.2 TWh 43 TWh
o Alternative suppliers 8.1 TWh 7.8 TWh 57.3 TWh 14 TWh
Alternative suppliers’ market
share within all sites 5.6 % 5.4 % 19.5 % 18.0 %
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 –
333 000
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE
Number of sites with contract at market prices – RESIDENTIAL sites –
1 739 000
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE
On September 30th, 2011. approximately 700,000 non residential sites and 1,751,000 residential sites have contracts at market prices.
C) Evolution of the annualized consumption of sites at market prices
The establishment of “ARENH” became effective on 1st of July 2011 and is changing the market conditions. Between May 2011 and September 2011, alternative suppliers gained up to 7.2 TWh of new customers, most of which were already at market price within EDF and some at regulated tariffs, thus a 16% increase in portfolio volume. These movements have mostly been observed in the segment of large non-residential customers. However, no significant movement has been identified for residential sites, small and medium industrial sites.
Annualized consumption in number of sites - NON RESIDENTIAL sites -
Annualized consumption in number of sites - RESIDENTIAL sites -
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Incumbent suppliers Alternative suppliers en GWh
D) Market shares on September 30th, 2011. in number of sites
Share of sites for each type of contract on September 30th, 2011
12%
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE
On September 30th, 2011, around 7% of sites have contract at market prices and 6% have chosen an alternative supplier.
E) Market shares on September 30th 2011. in electricity consumption Share of consumption for each type of contract on September 30th 2011
15%
Sources: DSO. TSO. Incumbent suppliers – Analysis: CRE
F) 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) (181 TWh)
Medium non residential sites (432 000 sites) (67 TWh)
Small non residential sites (4.4 M sites) (46 TWh)
Residential sites (30.3 M sites) (143 TWh)
number of sites
consumption
Low concentrated market Concentrated market Highly concentrated market
Sources: Analyse CRE
G) Data on the ARENH system
The law of December 7, 2010 established the system of regulated access to nuclear power history (ARENH), which gives the right to any provider to purchase electricity from nuclear power from EDF at regulated price. This electricity is only intended to supply end customers located in France.
The implementing regulations define the terms of access to ARENH: the Decree of April 28, 2011 describes the procedure for a supplier to be declared and eligible for the ARENH, then make the request and the principle of an additional price that ensures financial neutrality for EDF and the supplier if the amount allocated is higher than the supplier's ex post found.
The volume of ARENH allocated to a supplier depends on the consumption forecast, measured on a number of hours set by the decree of May 17, 2011, its portfolio of customers in the delivery period to come.
The delivery periods are twelve months with biannual desks that allows providers to review the volume of ARENH necessary to cover the consumption of their customers, under the constraints of monotony and a total volume not exceeding the 100 TWh per year for all suppliers.
The delivered product is defined by the decree of May 16, 2011 and it can be of two forms, depending on the supplier’s supplies to customers within profiles PRO and RES, known as small consumers
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 highly concentrated if it is over 1,800.
Given the specificities of the gas market, this index should only be used cautiously as an indicator of the competition level.
Indeed, regarding the gas market, concentration and competition are not as directly linked as in most markets.
(category C2) or clients outside of this category, known as major consumers and buyers for losses (C1). Until 2015, the product delivered to the category C1 is flat, while the product delivered to the category C2 is modulated.
Total ARENH volume previewed for the first delivery period July 2011- June 2012
The list of the suppliers (33 suppliers in total) that asked for ARENH is available on the CRE’s website:
http://www.cre.fr/media/fichiers/marches/liste-des-fournisseurs-ayant-signe-un-accord-cadre-avec-electricite-de-france
Small customers (C2) Big customers (C1) Small customers (C2)
Big customers (C1)
H) Active suppliers on September 30th, 2011
List of national active suppliers declared at CRE4 on September 30th, 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
VATTENFALL
4 The list of suppliers and trademarks is an extract from CRE’s suppliers list updated on November 17th 2011.
Suppliers, trademark(s) Large non residential sites
Medium non residential sites
Small non residential sites
Residential sites
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 September 30th, 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.
6 See electricity glossary for incumbent supplier definition.
7 Online since September 2008, the search engine is built from the information volontarily provided by suppliers.
8 See electricity glossary for local distribution company.