Private company

Luminus

Luminus (former names: Société productrice d'électricité, SPE, SPE-Luminus, and EDF Luminus) is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

  • Industryenergy industry1
  • HeadquartersSaint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium1
  • Websitewww.luminus.be

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Luminus (former names: Société productrice d'électricité, SPE, SPE-Luminus, and EDF Luminus) is the second largest electricity producer and energy supplier on the Belgian energy market. Its main shareholder is Électricité de France with a 68.6% stake.2

How it started

History

The company was established as municipalities joint utility Société productrice d'électricité (SPE) in 1978. In July 2008 Centrica acquired its majority stake in SPE by buying out Gaz de France. In 2009, Centrica sold its shares to EDF. In September 2010, SPE Luminus as a subsidiary of EDF, took over the sales activities of EDF Belgium. Grégoire Dallemagne took up office as CEO on 1 September 2011. On 23 November 2011, the company was renamed EDF Luminus to become Luminus in April 2019.

From Wikipedia’s article on Luminus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. Jan 8, 2018Parent Directly consolidated by Électricité de France3
  2. May 3, 2000Founded Luminus is founded3

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