COLLECTIVE SELF-CONSUMPTION AND NEW POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY ENERGY COMMUNITIES IN FRANCE
It also provides information on ongoing regulatory developments regarding the transposition of European directives related to citizen and renewable energy communities, in an attempt to discern their potential contributions to the development of local renewable energy sharing projects.
This report does not address the impact of CSC and energy communities on the overall electrical system. The current operation shifts the costs (balance responsibility, variability management, information system) to other stakeholders (suppliers, network managers, etc.) that are different from the self consumers themselves. A large-scale development implies costs that will necessarily be passed on to some or all consumers, if the effects on the overall electric system are not properly assessed