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RTE launches a major public consultation on the reform of the grid connection process for consumption customers
This initiative is part of the acceleration of electrification and the reindustrialisation of the French economy. Its objective is to fundamentally adapt the current rules in order to better support genuinely mature projects and to optimise the use of a resource that has become strategic: the hosting capacity of the electricity network.
The consultation document (French) outlines the range of possible levers to achieve this objective. The responses to the consultation, together with the subsequent stakeholder dialogue, will make it possible to propose a concrete action plan to support electrification and reindustrialisation.
The document proposes to transform the current model based on a “first come, first served” principle towards a “first ready, first served” approach. The aim is to condition access to network capacity on the actual level of project maturity, in order to avoid contractual saturation effects and to ensure that available capacity primarily benefits credible, advanced projects with clear industrial or territorial value.
The consultation also explores an evolution of planning practices, for example through the creation of “ready-to-connect” zones, jointly identified by the French State, RTE and local authorities, where infrastructure would be anticipated to facilitate the connection of new projects.
Finally, RTE proposes to review certain financial contribution rules in order to encourage project development in the most suitable areas and to prevent isolated connection requests from generating disproportionate network reinforcement costs for the community.
All of these developments will have a structuring impact on access to the grid in the coming years. It is therefore important for electricity system stakeholders to take part in the consultation and share with RTE the opportunities, needs and concerns they identify. The responses will enable RTE to work with all stakeholders, within its consultation bodies, to define concrete measures.
Although the proposals currently focus on consumption customers, whether connected to the public transmission or distribution network, some of the proposed changes may also be applied to other RTE customers.
Contributions should be sent directly to the following address: rte-curte-car@rte-france.com, by 20 March 2026.
January 27, 2026