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December 2016

Demand in December 2016 was higher by more than 13% compared to

December 2015, due to the significantly lower temperatures. The balance of

exchanges was in favour of imports for the first time since February 2012.

The December overview is published in the same time as the 2016 annual

electricity report (http://bilan-electrique-2016.rte-france.com/). You will find

there the analysis of the whole year.

Adjusted electricity demand remained unchanged.

Fossil fuel thermal generation reached 7.4 TWh, its highest level since

February 2012.

Wind power production was low, with an average wind load factor of

around 17%.

The monthly balance of French exchanges was in favour of imports, which

had not happened since February 2012.

25 new installations went into service in December 2016.

2Monthly Overview - December 2016

Monthly Electrical Energy Overview

December 2016

In relation to the population, regional demand was between 0.65 per capita in

Ile-de-France and 0.89 MWh per capita in Normandie and Auvergne-Rhône-

Alpes.

Market prices remained very high in Europe outside the Christmas period.

GENERATIONNuclear generation of 36.7 TWh, was much lower than that of December 2015 (-9%). Accordingly, and because of the low

temperatures experienced, fossil fuel thermal production reached a very high level, of 7.4 TWh (+78% compared to

December 2015). Hydraulic production was higher than that of December 2015 (+22%).

WIND AND SOLARThe increase in installed photovoltaic energy capacity was reflected in an increase in the generation for the month

compared to December 2015 (+14%). Monthly wind power generation was strongly down compared to 2015 (-42%). The

wind power generation load factor for the month was particularly low, at 17% on average.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGESThe monthly balance of French exchanges was in favour of imports, which had not happened since February 2012, with

imports of 0.13 TWh. The import balance to the CWE area was twice that of December 2015. The exchange balance was

negative towards Great Britain. It remained positive but at much lower levels than in December 2015 towards Switzerland

(-74%) Italy (-84%) and Spain (-43%).


Monthly Electrical Energy Overview

December 2016

NEW INSTALLATIONSThe main purpose of the 25 installations commissioned in December 2016 was on the one hand to increase and secure the

power supply in the territories in question and on the other hand to accept the generation of renewable energy. Several

customer-distributors were also connected.

DEMANDGross demand came to 50.6 TWh. It increased by over 13% compared with December 2015, due to average temperatures

that were 4.1° lower. Adjusted for weather vagaries, the trend towards stability was confirmed for all sectors.

TERRITORIES AND REGIONSRegional demand in relation to the population came to 0.78 MWh per capita. It ranged, according to the region, between

0.65 and 0.89 MWh per capita. Regional generation in relation to the population was highly variable depending on the

region. It thus ranged between 0.05 and 3.2 MWh per capita.

ELECTRICITY MARKETSPrices decreased slightly compared to November (except in Spain and Portugal), but remain very volatile. On the one

hand, France, Belgium and Britain recorded a new monthly price peak on Thursday 1 December (as high as €266.9/MWh

at 6 pm in France and in Belgium, €273.2/MWh in Britain). On the other hand, the German price became negative for 35

hourly periods between Saturday 24 and Tuesday 27 December (as low as -€67.1/MWh) whereas wind power generation

exceeded 30 GWh in the country.

*without energy sector

* Perimeter France excl. Corsica, losses included

Monthly energy consumption

Peak consumption*December 2016

50 602

0

10 000

20 000

30 000

40 000

50 000

60 000

Jan

-16

Feb

-16

Ma

r-1

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-16

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16

Au

g-1

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v-1

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De

c-1

6

Monthly gross consumption

Period 2014-15

Period 2015-16

GWh

-0,5%

-0,3%

-0,5%

-2%

-1%

-1%

0%

1%

1%

Jan

-16

Feb

-16

Ma

r-1

6

Ap

r-1

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y-1

6

Jun

-16

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16

Au

g-1

6

Sep

-16

Oct

-16

No

v-1

6

De

c-1

6

Trend by sector in sliding year

adjusted from the climate effect

Adjusted national consumption

Direct RTE customers *

Adjusted consumption on PDN

81,8 GW

-10

-5

0

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25

ma 1 je 3 sa 5 lu 7 me 9 ve 11 di 13 ma 15 je 17 sa 19 lu 21 me 23 ve 25 di 27 ma 29

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60

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85

Gross monthly consumption at the peak and actual temperature

Deviation from norm (°C) Gross consumption : daily peak (GW) Actual temperature

°CGW

102,1 GW

81,8 GW

29,5 GW

48,0 GW

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110GW Evolution of monthly power extrema

Max power Min Power Absolute max Absolute min


Monthly electrical energy overview

December 2016

December 2016December 2016Installed capacity (MW) Energy generated (GWh)

Focus on generation sectors

Nuclear

63 130

Wind

11 670

Solar

6 772

Other RES

1 918

Conventional

Thermal

21 847

Hydro-

electric

25 482

Nuclear

36 652Wind

1 503

Solar

348

Other RES

789

Conventional

Thermal

7 378

Hydro-

electric

4 493

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Nuclear generation

2015 2016

GWh

GWh


Monthly electricical energy overview

December 2016

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RES generation excl. hydro-electric

2015 2016

GWh

* Refer to glossary for category definitions

Wind capacity awaiting connection at Enedis as of 31/12/2016: 5 552 MW

** data available up to December 2016 Solar capacity awaiting connection at Enedis as of 31/12/2016: 2 089 MW

101 MW 3

30

571 MW 4

0 MW 14

6

3 196 MW 0 0 MW

Wind

Monthly generation

Planned fleet on the PTNFleet development in France

661 MW

Installed

capacity*

at

31/12/16

Technology

Cumulative

powerNb

Cumulative

powerNb

Projects in

preparation*

Queued

projects *

58 MW

of which

Offshore

Photovoltaic

2116 MW 247 MW

0

1 143

2 287

3 430

4 573

5 717

0%

10%

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60%

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25

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29

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MW

Load factor of wind generation

December 2016

Mean load factor by half-hour interval (%) and associated power

Mean monthly load factor (%) and associated power

11670

6772

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Sep

16

Development of generating fleets in France**

Wind farm Solar photovoltaic

MW



December 2016

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Wind generation

2015 2016

GWh

0

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Photovoltaic generation

2015 2016

GWh

3,1%

10,7%

0,1%0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

Jan

12

Ma

y 1

2

Se

p 1

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13

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Ma

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5

Se

p 1

5

Jan

16

Ma

y 1

6

Se

p 1

6

Rate of coverage of consumption by wind

generation (%)

Average value Maximal value Minimal value


December 2016

Distribution of regional generationDistribution of regional

consumption

Regional Generation and Demand in relation to the Population

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Aperçu mensuel sur l'énergie électrique

Septembre 2015



December 2016

GWh

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

GWh

6 000

3 000

1500

500

87

In relation to the population, generation in December totalled

approximately 0.79 MWh per capita.

This ratio was between 0.05 MWh per capita in Ile de France and

3.2 MWh per capita in Centre Val de Loire.

Regional generation in relation to the population

In relation to the population, demand in December totalled

approximately 0.78 MWh per capita.

This ratio was between 0.65 MWh per capita in Ile de France and

0.89 MWh per capita in Normandy and Rhône-Alpes Auvergne.

Regional demand in relation to the population

MW/hab.

0,85

0,8

0,75

0,7

MW/hab.

2

1,5

1

Daily average value evolution of the spot prices during the month

Moyenne sur le mois

Spot prices in Europe Actuality ofMonthly average value Market mechanisms

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1-déc. 4-déc. 7-déc. 10-déc. 13-déc. 16-déc. 19-déc. 22-déc. 25-déc. 28-déc. 31-déc.

€/MWh

Belgium Netherland France Germany/Austrich Great Britain Spain Italia (north)



December 2016

59,26

54,96

43,4937,48

57,34

60,4960,27

53,81

52,05

51,4953,88

57,08

58,1949,54

34,53

28,40

31,52

34,30

33,14

30,84

30,9933,01

prix < prix FR

0

Sens du spread

59,26

prix > prix FR

A first auction was organised on the EPEX

exchange for capacity certificates for the 2017

delivery year. In total, 226 000 certificates of 0.1

MW were traded, at the price of €999.98 per

certificate.

This volume of transactions illustrates the

satisfactory liquidity of the certificates’ market.

Another auction for the 2017 delivery year will be

held in 2017, as well as auctions for future

delivery years.

First Auction using the French Capacity Mechanism

Prix (€/MWh)

The energy values described correspond to contracted exchanges on Euronext.

Commercial exchangesDecember 2016

Monthly exchange balances on each border

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2000

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GWh With Great Britain

2015 2016

-500

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2500

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GWh With Switzerland

2015 2016

0

500

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2500

jan

v

fév

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sep

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no

v

dé

c

GWh With Italy

2015 2016

-600-400-200

0200400600800

10001200140016001800

jan

v

fév

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ma

rs

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juin

juil

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sep

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oct

no

v

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GWh With Spain

2015 2016



December 2016

1 184

735

602

391

EXPORT : 3 907 GWh

IMPORT : 4 033 GWh

GWh

SOLDE : -126 GWh

-3000

-2000

-1000

0

1000

2000

3000

jan

v

fév

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ma

rs

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no

v

dé

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GWh With CWE zone

2015 2016

-7 515

7 684

-10 000

-5 000

0

5 000

10 000

1/1

2

2/1

2

3/1

2

4/1

2

5/1

2

6/1

2

7/1

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8/1

2

9/1

2

10

/12

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/12

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/12

31

/12

MW Daily extrema of the export balance

Minimal balance Maximal blance



December 2016

Overhead line Underground line Substation

63 to 150 kV

225 kV substation

225/63 kV transformer of

170 MVA

Orvault

Loire-Atlantique (44)

Creation of the substation

to meet the increase in

load of the Nantes urban

area

225/63 kV

transformer

of 100 MVA

Boudeyre

Ardèche (07)

Securing power

supply of the south

of Ardèche

400/90 kV

transformer of 240

MVA

Mery-sur-Seine

Aube (10)

Inserting power

generation from

renewable energy

150 kV overhead line

Bancairon - Lingostière

Alpes-Maritimes (06)

Partial renewal of the line

to increase the overload

capacity of the line

225 kV underground cable

Digue-des-Français -

Lingostière


Re-routing of a power line

as part of the extension of

the new tram line of Nice

225 kV substation

225 kV overhead-underground

line

Papin

Gampaloup - Papin

Isère (38)

Connecting customer distributor

63 kV underground cables

La Conraie - Orvault

Orvault - piquage à

Gesvres

Loire-Atlantique (44)

Following the creation of

Orvault substation

90 kV substation

90 kV underground

cables

Merie

Merie - St-Cyr-en-Val

Loiret (45)

Connecting customer

distributor

225/63 kV transformer

of 170 MVA

Argia (Bayonne sud)

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)

Securing power supply of

the south of pays basque

63 kV substation

63 kV overhead line

Lauragais

Lauragais - piquage à

Villenouvelle

Haute-Garonne (31)

Connecting customer

distributor


Cantegrit - Garein

Landes (40)

Burying of cables

63kV underground

cable

St-Aubin - Villers-le-

Bacle

Essonne (91)

New consumer-

backup supply

63kV underground

cable

Archirondel - St-

Rémy-des-Landes

Manche (50)

Renewal of

conductors

63 kV overhead-underground

line

Gavet - Lac Mort

Isère (38)

Partial renewal of condutors for

connecting hydro-electric

generation


Bajatière - Eybens

Isère (38)

Partial renewal of

conductors

63 kV underground

cable

Mireval - Montpellier

Hérault (34)

Partial renewal of

conductors


Briançon - Serre-Barbin

Hautes-Alpes (05)

Strengthening the power

supply of the zone of

Haute-Durance

63 kV overhead-

underground line

Lingostière - Plan du Var


Partial renewal of

conductors for securing

power supply of the zone

63 kV overhead-

underground line

Porte - Pontchateau

Ile-et-Vilaine (45)

Partial burial of

conductors for

strengthening the power

supply of the Redon urban

area



December 2016

Data sourcesThis document relies on metered data collected by RTE and also on data sent by the french DSOs, especially eRDF and EDF SEI.

Gross national demands and actual temperatures

Daily peak for perimeter France excl. Corsica

For more information on how actual

temperatures and reference temperatures are

calculated, visit RTE's website:

http://www.rte-

france.com/lienrapide/media_apercus_an

Extreme capacity value trend

Max/Min Power:

Maximum/minimum power consumption in France over the month,

excluding Corsica

Absolute extreme value:

Extreme value for consumption observed since 1st January 2008

GenerationThe "Hydro-electric" category includes all types of hydro plants (impoundment, run-of-river, etc.). Consumption for pumping by pumped storage facilities is not deducted from generation.

The "Nuclear" category includes all nuclear units. Consumption by auxiliary units is deducted from generation.

The "Fossil-fuel thermal" category includes Coal, Oil and Gas-fired technologies.

The "Other RES" category includes PV solar, Biomass, Biogas and paper/card waste.

The installed capacity values are valid for the end of the month.

Monthly gross consumption

Perimeter : France with Corsica, losses included

Wind Generation Coverage of demand

Load factor :

Ratio of wind power generated to nominal installed

wind capacity

Coverage rate :

Ratio of wind power generated to gros national consumption

at a given time

Generation

Nb

Puissance

installéePuissance

cumulée

Projets en file

d'attente

Projets en

préparation

NbPuissance

cumulée

Filière

Eolien

dont Offshore

Photovoltaïque

361 MW 22

24 MW 9

42% 80%

238 MW 1 30 MW

2131 MW 9 2559 MW

Wind: onshore and offshore wind projects. The share of offshore capacity is indicated in the row below

Installed capacity:

Cumulative capacity of installations for which a connection agreement has been signed.

Queued projects:

Projects which have entered the connection queue under RTE's connection procedure, i.e. projects which have signed a "queuing proposal" with RTE, following a detailed

connection study or a "technical and financial proposal".

Projects in preparation:

Connection projects for which RTE has been asked to provide a detailed study or technical and financial proposal, currently being examined by RTE, or for which the

Trend by sector in sliding year adjusted from the climate effect

Total consumption: Consumption of France, with Corsica, losses included.

Adjusted from climate effect.

Adjusted consumption on PDN: Represents the consumption of

resditential and SMEs/SMIs sector. Data adjusted from weather effect.

Direct RTE customers : Industrial sites connected directly to the PTN

(excluding consumption at source). Energy sector is excluded

Trend in sliding year : growth between the last 12 cumulative monthly

values and the previous 12

International exchanges

Glossary

Prices in EuropeMonthly average of spot prices in the different price zones of the coupled area. France is always represented in white, the other areas are coloured based on the difference

in price compared with France (blue: lower price, red: higher price, the deeper the colour, the greater the difference).

Daily spot price changes

Change of the spot price in France and in the coupled neighbouring

regions, over a month in daily average, (NB: for Italy the price of

the northern area is shown, for Nordic countries the average of the

areas displayed on the map is shown).

Spot price: Wholesale price of electricity, determined by the power exchanges the day

before for delivery the following day, for each hour of the day.

Spread : Price differential between two price areas (here between each price area and

France).

Price area: Geographic area inside which the electricity price is identical and where

exchanges are done with no allocation of capacity. A price area may combine several

countries (for example: Germany, Austria, Luxembourg) and a country may be subdivided

into more than one price area (for example: Italy, Norway).

Daily extrema :

Extrema of the half hour mean power value of the global international

commercial exchanges, observed daily.

Type of installation

Name of installation

(or substation)

Département

Nature of work

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

RTE KEY FIGURES for 2015

> 8500 employees

> 105 000 km of lines

> 2 710 substations

> € 1 402 million of investments

RTE REGIONAL DELEGATIONS

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