GrDF a world leader in gas distribution

GrDF, a skill reservoir for GDF SUEZ’s international gas network

Distribution companies within GDF SUEZ group

Our main references in distribution services

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GrDF, a world gas distribution leader

196,000

11,600

km of network, the longest grid in Europe

municipalities connected in France

millioncustomers

employees including 1,900 executives

Bcm gasdistributed per year

million €invested each year

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FRANCE

SLOVAKIA

LITUANIA

PORTUGALMEXICO

BOLIVIA

CHILE URUGUAY

GREECE

QATAR

INDIA THAILAND

HUNGARY

ROMANIA

TURKEY CHINA

RUSSIACANADA

ARGENTINA

ITALY

Contact:[email protected]

GrDF6 rue Condorcet75009 PARIS cedex - Francewww.grdf.fr

Created in 2008, Gaz réseau distribution France (GrDF) is a gas distribution company, 100% subsidiary of GDF SUEZ. GrDF performs daily its public service missions by managing the downstream gas network, connecting and delivering gas to around 11 million customers (end-users) in France. GrDF designs, builds, operates and maintains this grid in more than 9,500 cities while guaranteeing safety of people and property, as well as quality of delivery.Gas distribution in France has been a regulated activity since 2004, fully unbundled from supply activity.

Worldwide, GDF SUEZ operates around 300,000 km of distribution networks in 10 countries, to the benefi t of 17 million end-consumers.

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GrDFA world leader in gas distribution networking with you

Supported by a world-wide group: GDF SUEZ, born from the merger of Gaz de France and SUEZ groups in 2008, the largest utility in the world (Forbes, 2010), with more than 150 years experience, present in 70 countries.

GrDF brings its expertise and industry knowledge

• Carry out In Depth Review or Strategic Audit of your organization or project

• Assist Project Owners • Draft Strategic

Orientations

• Provide Returns on Experience and Transfer of Know-How

In the following domains, according to a tailor-made approach:

GrDF: unique knowledge, expertise and means implemented by 11,600 employees and 1,900 executives

GrDF has a long and unique experience in gas distribution. It has been building and operating gas networks and serving customers for 70 years in France and developing partnerships with gas companies worldwide.

Of course, safety is the priority of GrDF and We assume is also Yours. We fi rmly believe that being able to guarantee

safety for all parties goes to prove our employees’ commitment to company’s performance and customers’ satisfaction, and is part of our company’s reputation.We manage industrial safety as a whole, in a comprehensive approach, including working out accurate policies, setting up appropriate methods, resources and organization, training people, assessing performance and implementing return on experience.

But GrDF is also deeply committed to all its stakeholders’ satisfaction. During the last 10 years, we have been re-engineering the whole relationship between our company and suppliers, end-customers, public authorities, local governments to comply with the obligations arising from the gas market opening.

All these transformations over the years have been matched to a very fast moving context and fostered a strong sense of innovation.

We believe that gas will play a key role in the future and that gas companies need to think one step ahead. GrDF defi nitely intends to support the ongoing “energy transition” by developing new technologies to make gas industry and gas uses smarter.

GrDF promotes a global and integrated approach to the development of gas distribution, which combines operational excellence with economic and managerial effi ciency.Its scope of services allows us to support Your needs beyond the limits of simple consultancy services. We are able to partner You to deliver the highest level of project and strategic support by tailoring solutions that address the unique needs of diverse grid conditions and situations.

We look forward to networking with You soon and sharing our visions of the future of gas.

Sandra Lagumina GrDF CEO

Industrial safety

A different approach to

gas distribution based on 3 core competencies

Customer focus &

experience

Innovation

• Suppliers / customers relations management: Gas transportation, meter reading and energy calculation, billing, intervention on customer installations.

• Stakeholders relations management: Discussing rules and functioning of an open market, and pricing of network access and utilization.

Inventing the gas model of the future:• working on a 11,000,000 smart metering

program.• developing new network technologies.• advising customers in gas consumption

optimization.• promoting renewable gases.

Policy and process set-up

Assist in designing the policy, strategy and organization process, or revising the existing set-ups. Advise national authorities on the setting-up of a regulatory framework.

Some examples:• Setting-up of a gas plant damage prevention

system

• In-depth review of the renewal investment policy

• Setting-up of the framework of third-party access (law, gas market rules, operational code)

• Elaboration of a distribution tariff

• Realignment and reshaping of commercial business processes according to third-party access

Operational organization

Provide support by assessing current performance of organisation, comparing it to leading international practices, identifying opportunities for improvement and assisting in change implementation.

Some examples:• Set-up of a methodology for cleaning-up a

geographic data or asset technical database system

• Audit of the asset geo-database system performance

• Design of a call centre for treating alerts

• In-depth review of the performance of the safety chain

• Peer review of network access policy and procedures

• Peer review of the unaccounted for gas (UfG) management system

Project management

Support a project owner in defi ning and formulating a project’s strategic goals and orientations, and elaborating associated technical specifi cations of material & IT systems & functionalities.

Some examples:• Evaluation of business opportunities for

natural gas industrial use in a specifi c area

• Elaboration of a methodology for extending the network based on profi tability calculations

• Guidelines for the development of a (mass) smart-metering system

• Review of the set of technical specifi cations of a mobile asset database system

• In-depth review of the corrective maintenance system

• Design of a city / sector gas grid

Training and professionalization

Develop and organize to the benefi t of managers / technicians of a gas company a set of theoretical classes and practical exercises including all aspects of gas distribution.

Some examples:• Tailor-made set of theoretical classes and

technical visits for executives

• Learning expedition with a focus on soft and environment-friendly excavation techniques, geo-detection and geo-referencing equipment

• Learning expedition on network operation

• Learning expedition with a focus on maintenance activities

• Development of information kits designed to raise the awareness of building contractors (plant protection)

• Learning expedition on energy metering, calculation and invoicing

In strategic consulting or technical assistance:

Implementing a comprehensive approach of safety: • risk management,

asset management, technical data management.

• construction, day-to-day operation and emergency management.