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RTE

Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (French pronunciation: [ʁezo də tʁɑ̃spɔʁ delɛktʁisite], "Electricity Transmission Network"), usually known as RTE, is the electricity transmission system operator of.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

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Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (French pronunciation: [ʁezo də tʁɑ̃spɔʁ delɛktʁisite], "Electricity Transmission Network"), usually known as RTE, is the electricity transmission system operator of France. It is responsible for the operation, maintenance and development of the French high-voltage transmission system, which at approximately 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi), is Europe's largest.2

How it started

History

RTE was formed as a result of European Directive No. 96/92/EC of December 1996, which directed that at least 26% of member countries' electricity sales be open to competition, and became law in France in February 2000. The directive required France to liberalise its electricity market by unbundling its generation and transmission activities, which until then had been fully controlled by EdF. RTE was established in July 2000 as a division of EdF, with a public charter to guarantee equitable access to its electricity market, and to secure the continuity and quality of electricity supply.

Further legal acts in July 2004 and August 2005 enforced the legal separation of RTE from EdF, transforming it into a limited liability subsidiary, and granted it trademark rights to its logo and the name Réseau de Transport d'Électricité.

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

Timeline

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