France electricity consumption excl. losses, adjusted
France electricity consumption excl. losses, adjusted stood at 27,637.27 GWh in Aug 2026, according to SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique). It is one of the indicators in the Monthly energy balances table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2011 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Monthly energy balances table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| Consumption | |||||||||||
| Consumption excl. losses, climate and working-day adjusted | 27,637.27 | 29,403.48 | 28,850.04 | 27,831.29 | 32,103.45 | 37,221.01 | 39,369.97 | 45,053.29 | 42,048.13 | 36,638.1 | |
| Consumption excl. losses, seasonally, climate and working-day adjusted | 34,122.11 | 34,321.84 | 34,473.39 | 32,717.71 | 33,899.33 | 33,169.09 | 34,246.92 | 34,255.73 | 33,470.33 | 33,840.34 |
Understanding france electricity consumption excl. losses, adjusted
Consumption excluding losses, climate and working-day adjusted measures domestic electricity demand after removing technical transmission losses, calendar irregularities, and temperature anomalies. This series filters out the distorting effects of leap years, differing numbers of monthly working days, and unusually cold or warm weather that skews heating and cooling demand. It retains the underlying structural consumption trend by isolating weather-normalized end-user demand from grid transport losses.
Reading this metric requires understanding that the adjustments rely on statistical models estimating weather sensitivity and calendar impacts, which can occasionally introduce small smoothing errors. Early estimates of adjusted consumption are subject to revision as raw meter data and temperature baselines are refined. Comparing consecutive months is valid when using this series because seasonal weather and calendar distortions have been mathematically removed.
Frequently asked questions
- What specific factors are removed from this consumption series?
- Technical transmission losses, calendar variations like working-day counts, and temperature anomalies driven by abnormal weather are removed.
- Why is climate adjustment necessary for electricity consumption data?
- Climate adjustment prevents unseasonably warm or cold weather from masking the true underlying trajectory of energy demand.
- Can consecutive months be compared honestly using this adjusted series?
- Yes, because the mathematical removal of weather and calendar distortions makes month-to-month comparison much more meaningful.