Case Study (49 KB PDF)

Summary

Till the 1st March 2000 to 31st March 2002 proceeded on the canton of Lanmeur (29) a pilot operation of Demand Side Management for Electricity carried out by the Inter-commune Trade union of Electrification of the canton of Lanmeur in partnership with the ADEME (Agency Of the Environment and the Control of Energy and Electricity of France. This operation first of all proposed a visit in residence of an adviser energy. Then, a financial assistance allotted by the ADEME to the private individuals having the electric heating could make it possible to reduce the cost of work intended to reduce their invoice of electricity. The objective of the 3 partners was to reduce the calls of power of electricity in order to avoid reinforcements of the distribution network of electricity and also to reduce consumption of electricity. From 2001, the animation of the operation was taken again by Heol, the Local Energy of the Country of Morlaix.

459 visits in residence were carried out. On did these 459 visits, 374 i.e. 81,5% obtain a financial assistance of 1 372,04 € maximum for a total amount of 365 152 € (976 € on average). The amount of generated work related to energy saving except handicraft is higher than 1 000 000 € that is to say 2 850 € on average, and the total amount of the sales turnover produced is higher than 1 700 000 € that is to say 4 600 € on average.

The amount of the handicraft necessary to the whole of this work is approximately 200 000 €.

Results

Key figures of the operation:

• 7 800 informed hearths.
• 2 000 hearths having the electric heating of which 50% with an old installation
• 427 visited hearths have the electric heating
• Part of penetration of information: 427/2000=11,4 %
• Impact of work: 374/1000 37,4 %
• Generated investments: 1 700 k€