Sde 07

What Sde 07 does

SDE07 (Territoire d'énergie Ardèche) is a French public territorial energy agency serving the Ardèche department in southeastern France. Established in 2000 as the Syndicat Départemental d'Énergie de l'Ardèche and rebranded in 2022 to formalize an expanded energy-transition mandate, the organization delivers public energy services to the department's municipalities and residents. It acts as the statutory local energy authority responsible for electrification, public lighting, gas distribution, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment. The agency processes approximately 2,000 infrastructure projects per year and operates an annual budget of roughly €30 million drawn from public budgets, taxes, and communal fees.

The agency's service portfolio spans legacy infrastructure (electrification, public lighting with ~6,000 interventions per year, gas networks, concession control) and more recent energy-transition offerings (renewable energy and efficiency consulting, IoT/connected-objects networks, and a geographic information system for asset management). The flagship cross-departmental product is the Réseau Eborn, a regional EV charging network spanning 11 departments in southeastern France with more than 2,900 charging points available 24/7, including 120+ stations deployed within Ardèche. The agency also operates a dedicated Extranet portal reserved for commune mayors to track projects, works specifications, and administrative documents.

SDE07 functions as a managed-services public establishment rather than a commercial enterprise. Its customer base is structurally captive: 200+ communes within its territorial jurisdiction as primary clients, plus individual residents accessing grid connection services and EV charging. Distribution is direct, with elected officials serving as the primary relationship channel via dedicated teams and the Extranet. Ownership is entirely public, with no private equity, venture capital, or external shareholders; the agency is governed by elected delegates from member municipalities and operates under French departmental public-establishment law. Revenue/financial flows consist entirely of public funding mechanisms (budgets, taxes, communal contributions) rather than market-priced transactions.

Name

Sde 07

Legal name

SDE07 - Ardèche Energies

Website

https://sde07.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SDE07 (Territoire d'énergie Ardèche) is a French public territorial energy agency providing electrification, public lighting, gas networks, and energy-transition services to the 200+ communes and residents of the Ardèche department, operating a €30M annual public budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Energy Services

NAICS

Electric Power Distribution (221122), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities (92613)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

T&D project/program management & owner’s engineering (EPCM/PMC) (EUADAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

DER Dispatch, Aggregation & Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Integration (EUADALAI), Distribution System Hardening & Resilience Upgrades (EUAEACAK)

Keywords

• Public energy services
• Electrical infrastructure
• Electric vehicle charging
• Public lighting
• Energy transition

Headquarters

HQ city

Privas

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Public energy infrastructure services: Services funded through public budgets, taxes, and fees from local communes. The organization manages public energy infrastructure including electrification, public lighting maintenance, and energy transition projects. Annual investment of approximately 30 million euros into local economy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sde 07 (Territoire d'énergie Ardèche) is a public territorial energy agency that manages public energy infrastructure for the Ardèche department in France. It provides electrification, public lighting maintenance (approximately 6,000 annual interventions), gas distribution network management, energy transition consulting, and connected objects/IoT networks to local communes. Its flagship offering is the Réseau Eborn, a regional electric vehicle charging network spanning 11 departments with over 2,900 charging points available 24/7.

Product overview

Sde 07 (Territoire d'énergie Ardèche) operates as a unified public energy service organization offering a coordinated portfolio of energy infrastructure and services. The core offerings include electrification infrastructure, public lighting (with ~6,000 annual interventions), gas networks, and energy transition consulting. The standout offering is the Réseau Eborn electric vehicle charging network, which represents a significant product line with 120+ charging stations installed and expanding. Additional services include IoT/connected objects networks, a geographic information system, concession control, and a dedicated self-service Extranet portal for commune mayors. The organization supports approximately 2,000 projects annually with ~30 million euros invested in the local economy each year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Réseau Eborn: Electric vehicle charging network spanning 11 departments in southeast France with over 2,900 charging points available 24/7.

Products and services

• Réseau Eborn (Electric Vehicle Charging Network)
• Electrification Services
• Public Lighting (Éclairage public)
• Energy Transition Consulting (Transition énergétique)
• Gas Distribution Networks (Réseaux de gaz)
• Connected Objects Networks (Réseaux d'objets connectés)
• Geographic Information System (Système d'information géographique)
• Concession Control (Contrôle de concession)
• Commune Extranet Portal (Extranet des communes)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2000 infrastructure projects annually accompanied across the territory
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Eborn NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-department electric vehicle charging network partnership spanning 11 departments in southeastern France. The Eborn network provides over 2,900 charging points available 24/7, enabling long-distance EV travel through the region. SDE07 participates as a founding/partner collective in this regional initiative supporting energy transition and sustainable mobility.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EDF (Électricité de France): National incumbent electricity producer and supplier. Subject to SDE07's concession oversight in Ardèche and operates the upstream generation/transmission infrastructure that local distribution services depend on. A counterparty rather than a direct competitor at the local services level.
• ENGIE: National incumbent gas distribution and energy services operator, including gas networks that fall within SDE07's oversight in Ardèche. Comparable in the sense that it is the regulated operator whose contracts SDE07 administers at the departmental level.
• Enedis: National electricity distribution system operator (DSO) that owns and operates the low/medium voltage distribution networks on which SDE07's electrification services are layered. SDE07 conducts concession oversight of Enedis, making them functionally linked but not direct competitors.

Emerging players

• TotalEnergies: Major private EV charging network operator (including through partnerships) and integrated energy player with growing local energy services. Competitor to SDE07's Eborn network at the regional level for EV charging market share, though operating under very different commercial models.

Direct peers

• Territoire d'énergie Drôme (SDE26): Departmental energy agency for Drôme, the neighboring department to Ardèche. Co-founding member of the Eborn network with SDE07, sharing the same statutory mandate, service portfolio (electrification, public lighting, EV charging, energy transition), and Eborn EV charging partnership.
• Territoire d'énergie Isère (TE38): Departmental energy agency for Isère and a co-founding member of the 11-department Eborn EV charging network. Operates the same delegated public energy service model across electrification, public lighting, gas networks, and energy transition for communes.
• Territoire d'énergie Gard (TE30): Departmental energy agency for Gard serving as the public energy authority for its communes. Functions as a structural peer with the same French statutory framework, services portfolio, and Eborn network participation.
• SIEL-Territoire d'énergie Loire: Departmental energy agency for Loire and Eborn network member. Provides the same delegated public energy services (electrification, public lighting, EV charging, energy transition) to communes with comparable governance structure.
• SYDER (Syndicat d'Énergie du Rhône): Departmental energy agency for the Rhône department. Direct functional equivalent to SDE07, providing electrification, public lighting, and energy transition services to communes, and a fellow Eborn network participant.

Others

• FNCCR (Fédération Nationale des Collectivités Concédantes et Régies): National federation representing French communes and their energy agencies (including syndicats d'énergie). Provides policy advocacy, technical support, and coordination for SDE07's peer agencies, making it the institutional counterparty in SDE07's operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sdeardeche
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sde07
• Xx.com/07sde07

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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