Here you will find data relating to the mechanisms managed by RTE on the French electricity market, in particular the imbalance settlement and the balancing and adjustment mechanism. The graphs illustrate the trends observed on these mechanisms.
Dispositif de responsable d'équilibre [EN]
Imbalances of the balance responsible parties
- Incomplete year
- Preliminary data
Informations and sources
Under the European and French law, electricity producers and consumers are responsible for the imbalances they generate on the power system (e.g. the difference between electricity extraction and energy purchased for a consumer, or the difference between energy produced and energy sold for a producer). This responsibility means that all sites connected to the grid are assigned to a balance responsible party, who assumes the financial responsibility for the imbalances.
As part of the imbalance settlement mechanism, RTE records the imbalances of balance responsible parties and passes on to them the costs associated with the overall balancing of the power system.
This graph shows the positive and negative imbalances of the balance responsible parties.