Gross consumptionPower consumed across France, including Corsica and factoring in losses in the French regions declined relative to 2018 in all regions except Centre-Val de Loire and Corsica, which saw increases of 0.7% and 1.8%, respectively. The steepest decline was recorded in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (-2.6%).

Between 2007 and 2018, trends in adjusted consumptionPower that would have been consumed if temperatures had been the same as reference temperatures, and if there was no 29th day in February for leap years in France were mixed due to a variety of factors, one of which was demographics. This was the case in Corsica, where electricity consumption rose by almost 22.7% while the population grew by more than 11.7% between 2007 and 2017 (Insee figures).

The Grand Est region saw the steepest decrease in adjusted consumptionPower that would have been consumed if temperatures had been the same as reference temperatures, and if there was no 29th day in February for leap years in France (-9.2%) due to its deindustrialisation.

The Hauts-de-France, Grand Est and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions are home to the largest number of industrial sites connected to the transmission grid. Consumption declined relative to 2018 in all regions except Normandy (+2%) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (+2.4%).
The sharpest decrease was seen in Pays de la Loire (-10.9%).

SEI data can be found in: Electricity Report for SEI, Corsica and Overseas Territories