EDF Energy Customers (trading as EDF) is wholly owned by the French state owned (Électricité de France) and was formed in January 2002, following the acquisition and mergers of plc (formerly the South Eastern Electricity Board), London Electricity plc (formerly the or LEB), plc (formerly the South Western Electricity Board) and tw.
[pdf] EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company, wholly owned by the French state-owned (Électricité de France), with operations spanning and the sale of and to homes and businesses throughout the . It employs 11,717 people, and handles 5.22 million business and residential customer accounts.
[pdf] Under its commitment to the of 2009, France has a target of producing 23% of its total energy needs from renewable energy by 2020. This figure breaks down to renewable energy providing 33% of energy used in the heating and cooling sector, 27% of the electricity sector and 10.5% in the transport sector. By the end of 2014, 14.3% of France's total energy requirements came from renewable energy, a rise from 9.6% in 2005.
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