Enercoop Explained

Enercoop
Type:SCIC
Industry:Energy
Hq Location City:Paris
Hq Location Country:France
Area Served:France
Key People:Julien Noé (President), Amandine Albizzati (CEO)
Members:20459
Members Year:2019
Num Employees:136
Num Employees Year:2020
Website:https://www.enercoop.fr/

Enercoop is a French electric utility cooperative company. It uses only renewable energy and is the only electric utility in France to be a cooperative. Its founding members include Greenpeace and other proponents of environmental protection and the ethical economy, such as La Nef, a French cooperative bank and the Friends of the Earth association.[1] As of mid-2014, Enercoop has clients[2]

History

Enercoop was created in 2005 and initially, as the French electricity market wasn't yet liberalized, Enercoop just had companies as customers. Later on, in 2007, as the market was liberalized, Enercoop started to grow and totalized more than customers.

In 2011, after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Enercoop went from customers in 2009 to in late 2011.

In 2014, Enercoop had customers.

As of 2021, Enercoop had customers[3]

Objectives

Its aim is to create many regional cooperatives around France where the local members can be in charge of all parts of the energy process from production to consumption. In this way the group intends to make citizens responsible for the energy they consume. Actually, in 2014, it has 6 regional cooperatives.

Enercoop's articles of association impose that at least 57% of the profits must be reinvested in means of electricity production. The remaining profits can either be reinvested or can reward its investors.

Notes and References

  1. [:fr:Enercoop]
  2. Web site: Enercoop fournisseur d'électricité verte s'installe en Aquitaine.
  3. https://www.enercoop.fr/blog/actualites/nationale/100-000-clients-enercoop-merci-pour-votre-soutien 100 000 clients Enercoop : merci pour votre soutien !