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European Energy Forum dinner-debate: « Grids of the future and future of the grids »

Michel DERDEVET

General Secretary and Member of the Board - Enedis

European Energy Forum Brussels, Tuesday 25th April 2017

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Extremely fragmented market with more than 2,000 different distributors: only 218 with more than 100k customers (9%) ; a dozen major players, including Enedis.

Various activities related to electric network infrastructures. Occasional exercise of other network activities (street lighting, gas, ICT, water).

The levels of fixed and variable shares of tariffs applied by distribution network widely vary depending on the countries and on the types of customers.

Metering and data management mainly provided by the DSOs, but not under the

same conditions in the Member States.

Modernization of the distribution network is underway in Western Europe with some countries leading the way in smart metering (IT, S) and flexibility (HR, S).

N.B.: Distribution system operators (DSOs) ≠ Transport system operators (TSOs)

European Energy Forum dinner-debate

Brussels, Tuesday 25th April 2017

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DSOs at the heart of the energy transition for all Europeans

Integration of new uses

like electric Vehicles In 2015,

149.5 thousands of VE were

sold in the EU.

(Source: EEA, 2016)

Digitalisation and

smart meters By 2020, close to 200 million

smart meters for electricity

will be rolled out in the EU.

(Source: EC, 2014)

Integration of 95% of

renewable installations 12,800 MW of wind power

capacity and 8.500 MW of

solar PV capacity were

installed and grid-connected in

the EU during 2015

(Source: EWEA, 2016)

Development of

smart grids As of April 2017, 503 smart

grid projects are taking place

in the UE. (Source: EC, 2017)



DSOs

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Enedis in the French energy system

Supply

Transport

Production

& trading

Distribution

Electric Vehicle

~ 450 000 EV and plug in

hybrid vehicles by 2020

LTE law: 7 million charging

Stations by 2030

Solar

1 million sites by 2020

8 GW by 2020

Wind

19 GW by 2020

Increased production of electricity

form renewable energy

Development of

sustainable transport

Evolution of consumer behaviour

towards energy savings



Clients

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Enedis: the main public service missions of the French DSO

2016 key figures

• 35 millions customers

• 392 000 new customers connected

• 1.35 million km of power lines covering 95% of mainland France

• 388 TWh delivered with less than 6% losses

• 64 minutes SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index)

• € 13,5 billion revenues

• € 3,2 billion investments

• 39,000 employees

Accompanying the territories

Managing and modernizing the network

Assuring 24 hour and 7/7 troubleshooting

Managing and remotely controlling the network through 31 control services

Carrying out customers connections

Deploying the smart meter « Linky »



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Enedis is leading and participating in Smart Grids pilot projects in France and in Europe

Two main objectives

• Develop robust and industrial technologies in time to face future challenges.

• Identify viable business models for all actors of the electric system (covering investments and sharing benefits)

An entry point

The Association Think Smartgrids that federates

the institutional, professional and

consultative organisations in France.



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DSO ENTITY Supports the creation of this entity enabling the DSOs to play a role in the

governance of the Energy Union.

DSOs-TSOs

COOPERATION

Encourages such cooperation necessary to achieve the energy transition, while

delivering results at both economic and environmental levels.

TARIFFS Promotes cost-reflecting tariffs but doubts about the principle of a single European

tariff methodology.

LOCAL ENERGY

COMMUNITIES

Believes the LECs might jeopardise social and territorial cohesion, and favours

instead forward looking experiments in self-consumption.

NETWORK

REINFORCEMENT

Welcomes this disposition, but sees the submission of a network development

plans as an unnecessary constraint.

EnR INTEGRATION Welcomes the principle of a simple notification procedures, however worries about

potential breaches in grid security requirements.

STORAGE Agrees with storage defined as a market activity, and asks for clarifications as well

as exempting provisions.

DATA MANAGEMENT Welcomes this article confirming the DSOs’ role as data managers.

SMART METERS Questions the relevance of the “near real time” principle, whose implementation

could prove very costly.

EV Agrees with these dispositions and believes that charging points operation should

be fully left to market participants.

Energy Package: Enedis positions



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Proposals for the European energy system*

Encourage cross-border cooperation between distribution system operators.

Interconnect the pioneers of local energy governance. Create a European Forum of the territories.

Pool the European efforts of R&D with respect to smart grids.

Create a European energy data platform.

Map out European corridors for innovative mobility.

Establish a Europe Energy College.

* Cf. « Energy, a networked Europe », Report by Michel Derdevet, addressed to François Hollande, President of the French

Republic - 23rd February 2015



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Michel DERDEVET Enedis General Secretary and Member of the Board

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92079 Paris La Défense cedex Tél : +33 (0)1 81 97 54 01

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