© RTE 2003
OVERVIEW OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN MARCH 2003
The purpose of this document is to provide information concerning the operation of the French public transmission network and power system during the past month.
The data published are interim figures dated 15 April 2003.
N A T I O N A L E L E C T R I C A L C O N S U M P T I O N I N F R A N C E
National consumption is the total of all the electrical energy supplied for consumption in France (including Corsica, but not the French Overseas Departments), thermal and hydro generation + imports – exports – pumping, and which have been consumed in the transmission and distribution networks, by the end-users, as well as by losses.
Period National
consumption
Adjusted Consumption (*) Results in March 2003 40.2 TWh 43.3 TWh
Trend compared with March 2002 ! 1.1% ! 2.1%
Trend since 1st January ! 6.2% ! 2.6%
Trend over past 12 months ! 1.5% ! 1.8%
(*) Adjusted for winter and summer climate contingencies
T e m p e r a t u r e
Monthly average : 10.1 °C
Deviation from normal temperature : + 2.8 °C/normal Deviance from March 2002 : + 0.5 °C
RTE-in house reference drawn up on basis of METEOFRANCE data
National consumption in March 2003 shows a rise of 1.1% compared with that of March 2002, despite an average temperature higher by 0.5°C in March 2003 compared with the same month of the prior year, but with 3 fewer "Peak Day Withdrawal" (EJP) tariff option requests than in March 2002.
The adjusted consumption growth rate over 12 months has risen by 0.2% since last month, while the national consumption growth rate has increased slightly, rising from 1.3% at the end of February 2003, to +1.5% at the end of March 2003.
T H E E N E R G Y B A L A N C E R E C O R D E D B Y T H E T R A N S M I S S I O N N E T W O R K
The balance recorded by RTE takes into account only the energy physical flows conveyed on the RTE network
NET INJECTIONS INTO THE RTE NETWORK
March 2003
Trend compared with the same period in
2002 (GWh) March Since 1st
January Thermal generation 39 076 # 0% ! 1%
Hydro generation 5 787 ! 11% ! 55%
Physical imports 349 ! 129% ! 15%
Total injections 45 211 ! 2% ! 7%
NET DELIVERIES AT THE TERMINALS OF THE RTE
March 2003
Trend compared with the same period in
2002 NETWORK
(GWh) March Since 1st January Distribution networks 27 990 $ -1% ! 6%
Industrial consumers (HV) 8 016 ! 10% ! 9%
Pumping 614 ! 2% $ -19%
Physical exports 7 292 ! 3% ! 7%
Total deliveries 43 912 ! 2% ! 6%
To cope with increased national consumption as compared with March 2002, the overall volume of injections is up by 0.9 TWh, for a total figure of 45.2 TWh in March 2003.
Hydro output is on the rise by 0.6 TWh compared with the same period of the prior year and thermal generation remains relatively stable, up by 0.1 TWh.
Both imports and exports have increased by about 0.2 TWh, the export balance remaining identical to that of March 2002.
-7 -2 3 8 13 18
35000 40000 45000 50000 55000 60000 65000 70000 75000 80000
sat 1 sat 8 sat 15 sat 22 sat 29
Deviation from normal temperature (°C) A ctual temperature
Consumption : daily peak (M W)
°C M W
C O N S U M P T I O N A N D P H Y S I C A L E X C H A N G E S : n o t e w o r t h y d a t a
These values reflect all the flows on the RTE network, as well as the generation autoconsumed by the industrial consumers connected to this network.
March 2003 Last 12 months Absolute
1 381 GWh Monday 03 1 736 GWh 09/01/2003 1 736 GWh 09/01/2003 maximum
65 853 MW Monday 03 80 190 MW 08/01/2003 80 190 MW 08/01/2003
963 GWh Sunday 30 811 GWh 11/08/2002
Consumption
minimum
35 303 MW Sunday 30 28 182 MW 11/08/2002
252 GWh Saturday 22 290 GWh 14/12/2002 297 GWh 06/12/2001 maximum
11 804 MW Saturday 22 13 277 MW 22/12/2002 13 277 MW 22/12/2002 193 GWh Sunday 30 129 GWh 06/02/2003
Export Balance of
exchanges minimum
5 739 MW Monday 31 3 091 MW 13/01/2003
T H E E L E C T R I C I T Y M A R K E T
THE MARKET PLAYERS
Balance Responsibles (BR)
Number of Balance Responsibles 70 On 31 March 2003 Base Load Block Exchange Notifications (NEB) on contract basis 1 057 In March 2003
Volume of energy exchanged between BR (via NEB) 10 239 GWh In March 2003 Balance Responsible : any natural or legal person or entity who is committed to RTE, under a Balance Responsible contract, to settling the costs of the imbalances calculated a posteriori, on behalf of one or more network users attached to its scope. These imbalances result from the difference between all of the supplies and consumption for which it is responsible.
CONTRACTUAL EXCHANGES RECORDED BY RTE
• CONTRACTS FOR ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS Participation agreement to the Rules for access to the
French Public Transmission Network (RPT)
94 On 31 March 2003 Import transactions 267 In progress, on 31 March Export transactions 707 In progress, on 31 March
• CONTRACTUAL EXCHANGES BY BORDER
These exchanges include all contracts managed by RTE, including historical contracts
CONTRACTUAL EXCHANGES
March 2003
Trend compared with the same period in 2002 -EXPORT--
(GWh) March Since 1st January
Belgium 1 592 ! 11% ! 13%
Germany 1 302 ! 31% ! 33%
Switzerland 2 211 ! 3% $ -11%
Italy 1 940 $ -2% ! 1%
Spain 573 $ -34% $ -38%
Great Britain 562 $ -34% $ -25%
Total 8 180 $ -1% $ -3%
CONTRACTUAL EXCHANGES
March 2003
Trend compared with the same period in 2002 -IMPORT-
(GWh) March Since 1st January
Belgium 389 $ -7% $ -4%
Germany 295 $ -49% $ -60%
Switzerland 167 $ -58% $ -45%
Italy 0 ! - # 0%
Spain 61 ! 297% ! 651%
Great Britain 422 ! 5159% ! 388%
Total 1 334 $ -6% $ -28%
T R A N S M I S S I O N N E T W O R K D E V E L O P M E N T
The following facilities were commissioned on the RTE network in March 2003:
- the Kerbach 63 kV substation, connected to the Marienau-Sarreguemines 63 kV line in Lorraine, so as to meet the load growth and restructure the medium voltage network in the area;
- the 613 transformer at the 225 kV substation of Villeneuve-St Georges, so as to meet the load increase in this part of the Paris region.
