Regulated Electricity Sales Rates (TRVE)

The regulated tariffs for the sale of electricity (TRVE)are a set of State-regulated electricity sales tariffs. Other tariffs exist, freely set by electricity suppliers: market offers.

There are 3 different regulated tariffs:

• The price " blue ”, the most common, is offered for any site connected by low voltage (connecting voltage of 1 kilovolt or less):
  
  • Is located in Metropolitan France whose maximum subscribed power is up to 36 kVA
  • Is located in overseas
• The price " yellow may be offered for any site located in a non-interconnected zone (ZNI) to the continental metropolitan network, connected by low voltage (connection voltage not exceeding 1 kilovolt) and whose maximum subscribed power is greater than 36 kVA.
• The price " green is offered for any site connected in high voltage (connecting voltage greater than 1 kilovolt):
  
  • Is located in a ZNI
  • Is located in Metropolitan France and whose maximum subscribed power is up to 36 kVA or 33 kilowatts depending on the unit in which the powers are subscribed.

The companies which, on the whole French territory, respond to all the following criteria TRVEs may be granted to:

• Employ fewer than 10 people
• Of which the turnover, the revenue or the total of balance sheet annual are less than EUR 2 million
• Only for their sites with a power output of 36 kilovolt amperes (kVA) or less

The company who signs a new contract to the regulated tariffs must be to prove that it meets those criteria.

Companies who do not meet these criteria are not eligible for TRVEs. So they have to choose one market offer, whose tariffs are set freely by electricity suppliers.

The company which has signed a contract at the regulated tariffs is responsible from:

• Ensure that the eligibility criteria are always met
• Terminate its contract at regulated tariffs if it no longer meets these criteria

Each price category (blue, green, and yellow) can have multiple price options and versions to suit the needs of the subscriber.

Each pricing option or version has a fixed share and, per tariff period, one share proportional to the energy consumed. These two components consist of:

• Of a subscription or a annual fixed premium in euros per year and, for some subscriptions, in euros per kVA
• Of a unit energy supply price, referred to as ‘energy price’, expressed in euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) for flows which are not self-consumedfor each tariff period

The amounts of the 2 shares depend on:

• Subscriber's subscribed power(s) (expressed in kVA)
• Voltage under which energy is supplied (expressed in volts or kilovolts)
• Method of use of power during the year, with particular reference to the period and duration of use

Companies that do not have an advanced meter (e.g. Linky) and have not communicated a consumption index to the Enedis distribution system operator for more than 12 months may be obliged to pay a subscription surcharge.

Companies participating in an operation self-consumption have specific prices.

Regulated electricity sales rates are posted on the internet by electricity suppliers at regulated tariffs or by any other means available to the clients.

They shall be communicated by these operators to any customer who so requests.