Commission de regulation de l'energie - CRE - 2017 Activity Report

Following its creation, on March 24 of 2000, the Commission for Energy Regulation (CRE, for its acronym in French) ensures the proper functioning of the gas and electricity markets in France, for the benefit of end consumers and consistent with the objectives of the energy policy. This document is CRE's activity report for 2017. Content: 1 - Interview with the president; 2 - Message from the college; 3 - 3 Minutes to understand the CRE; 4 - CRE committed actor in Europe and the World; 5 - The energy market: key dates; 6 - Key figures 2017 (Panorama of energy in France; Residential consumers; The network; Wholesale markets); 7 - New technologies for controlled consumption (Opening of the markets: intensification; Technological innovation; lever lower consumptions and competitive advantage; For a constant and progressive development of self-consumption); 8 - Reconciling energy transition and security of supply (The net increase in electricity flows at the border: the Europe of the energy exists; The evolution of the balancing terms of the energy system; A gas market well integrated at european level and the creation of a unique market zone in France; Strategic investments); 9 - Effective support for more mature renewable energy (Development of renewable energy: proposals for the economic and environmental efficiency of public expenditure; Redesign of public support to land water; The CRE, the mainstay of tenders; Support for renewable energy: reinforce long-term budgetary management for wise choices); 10 - ZNI towards energy autonomy (Electrical systems still very carbonaceous, expensive, not very resilient; PPE: ensure rigor and consistency; The storage, lever of the energy transition of ZNI; Managing the demand, a priority); 11 - The prospective committee to brighten the future (A collective reflection; Two major evolutions; The early work); 12 - Appendices (Glossary, Acronyms).