France electricity sites: residential regulated tariffs
France electricity sites: residential regulated tariffs stood at 19,200,038 Sites in Q2 2026, according to CRE – Observatoire des marchés de détail de l'électricité et du gaz naturel. It is one of the indicators in the Retail energy markets (quarterly) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q4 2017 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Retail energy markets (quarterly) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential sites | |||||||||||
| Regulated tariffs | 19,200,038 | 19,367,794 | 19,541,878 | 19,751,773 | 19,872,217 | 20,044,283 | 20,179,225 | 20,390,599 | 20,583,815 | 20,776,482 | |
| Market offers, alternative suppliers | 11,321,129 | 11,272,254 | 11,136,708 | 10,943,418 | 10,796,260 | 10,712,615 | 10,581,490 | 10,374,937 | 10,234,301 | 10,179,867 |
Understanding france electricity sites: residential regulated tariffs
This measure registers the total quantity of domestic electrical connection points billed under state-controlled pricing schedules managed by the legacy utility. Regulated tariffs remain bound to administrative governance rather than open market competition. This count isolates residential customers remaining on traditional protected pricing, contrasting with households that have migrated to commercial agreements managed by either the incumbent or newer market participants.
Reading this metric requires monitoring legislative shifts and price ceiling adjustments that frequently trigger customer migration toward or away from protected rates. Revisions can occur due to delayed meter updates or retroactive reclassifications of multi-unit residential buildings. Year-on-year analysis provides a clearer indicator of structural market erosion for regulated rates than immediate quarter-to-quarter tracking, which can be noisy. Researchers should avoid assuming that a stable site count implies flat electricity consumption across these households.
Frequently asked questions
- Can alternative energy providers offer regulated tariffs to households?
- No, regulated tariffs are strictly tied to the historical operator under governmental oversight.
- What causes sudden shifts in this regulated tariff site count?
- Regulatory price announcements or caps often prompt waves of customers to switch between market offers and protected rates.
- Are professional or commercial properties captured in this residential category?
- Professional properties are excluded and tracked under separate non-residential classifications.