FDE 62

What FDE 62 does

FDE 62 (Fédération Départementale d'Énergie du Pas-de-Calais) is a French departmental public authority established approximately 30 years ago (around 1995) and headquartered in Dainville, France. As a public law entity (établissement public), it serves as the organizing authority for electricity and gas distribution concessions across the entire Pas-de-Calais department, representing 885 member communes and ranking as the second largest energy federation in France. It operates under concession contracts with Enedis (electricity distribution across 10,601 km of network serving 734,571 clients) and GRDF/Antargaz (gas distribution across 6,027.9 km of network serving 340,230 clients in 396 communes), with 35 elected officials governing the organization and a staff of 11-50 employees.

The organization's core technology and operational scope spans five interconnected service areas: (1) public distribution infrastructure oversight including concession contract management, CRAC reporting, and investment scheme planning; (2) public network services including georeferencing for regulatory compliance, undergrounding, and network securitization; (3) energy advisory and study services covering building energy audits, public lighting audits (including the SEVE renovation program and smart controls with presence detection and astronomical timers), and heating system audits and conversions; (4) renewable energy support including photovoltaic advisory and renewable heat via CCRt (Centres Conventionnés de Recharge Thermique); and (5) collective procurement and financial management services including groupement de commandes (collective purchasing groups) for gas and electricity, centralized purchasing (centrale d'achat), RODP (public domain occupation fees), TCCFE processing, and CEE (energy savings certificates) management.

FDE 62's business model is non-commercial in the conventional sense: as a public authority, it does not sell energy to end consumers. Instead, it collects concession revenues from Enedis, GRDF, and Antargaz and redistributes these funds as subsidies to member communes for energy management and network projects — over €62 million has been reversed to communes over the past decade. Revenue is generated through managed concession contracts and fee-based services, with go-to-market executed via direct engagement with communes and intercommunalities, institutional newsletters (Lettre Energie 62), and participation in mayor conferences. The customer base consists entirely of public-sector entities: municipal communes (primary segment) and EPCI intercommunal structures (secondary segment) within Pas-de-Calais.

Name

FDE 62

Legal name

Fédération Départementale d'Énergie du Pas-de-Calais

Website

https://fde62.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FDE 62 is a French departmental public energy authority that manages electricity and gas distribution concessions for 885 communes in Pas-de-Calais. It oversees network contracts with Enedis and GRDF/Antargaz and redistributes concession revenues to member communes for energy projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Energy Distribution Management

NAICS

Natural Gas Distribution (22121), Electric Power Distribution (221122)

SIC

Natural Gas Distribution (4924), Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAJAAAB

Gas Distribution Operations (Day-to-Day Field & System Operations)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Local Distribution Company (LDC) Operations

SECONDARYEUAJAAAA

LDC Operations Strategy, Governance & Performance Management

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Local Distribution Company (LDC) Operations

SECONDARYEUADABAH

Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs) / Regulated Distribution Companies (Ring-fenced DSOs)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Distribution System Operators (DSOs) & Electric Distribution Utilities

Keywords

• Public energy authority
• Energy distribution concessions
• Municipal energy services
• Collective energy procurement
• Energy transition advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

DAINVILLE

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Concession revenues: The FDE 62 collects revenues from energy distribution concessions with Enedis (electricity) and GRDF/Antargaz (gas). These revenues are reversed to member communes as subsidies for energy projects.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FDE 62 (Fédération Départementale d'Énergie du Pas-de-Calais) is a public authority that organizes electricity and gas distribution for the Pas-de-Calais department through concession contracts with Enedis (electricity) and GRDF/Antargaz (gas). It manages public distribution networks spanning 10,601 km of electricity and 6,027.9 km of gas infrastructure, while providing advisory services, energy audits, collective purchasing, and financial support to its 885 member communes. Concession revenues collected are redistributed to communes as subsidies for local energy and network projects (over €62 million reversed over the past decade).

Product overview

FDE 62 (Fédération Départementale d'Énergie du Pas-de-Calais) is a public energy distribution federation that serves as the organizing authority for electricity and gas distribution in the Pas-de-Calais department. The organization operates a platform of interconnected services organized around five core areas: (1) Public distribution infrastructure for electricity and gas managed through concession contracts; (2) Public network services including georeferencing, undergrounding, and security; (3) Energy advisory and studies services for buildings, public lighting, and heating systems; (4) Renewable energy support including photovoltaic and renewable heat (CCRt); and (5) Collective purchasing and energy management services (groupement de commandes, RODP, CEE). Key service modules include energy audits for buildings, smart lighting controls, heating system conversions, and collective energy purchasing groups. The federation supports approximately 396 communes with gas service and manages electricity distribution for the entire department.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EnediscoreTechnology or IntegrationEnedis is the electricity distribution concessionaire operating under contract with FDE 62. FDE 62, as the owning authority, oversees and controls Enedis's activities in the Pas-de-Calais department.
• GRDFcoreTechnology or IntegrationGRDF is the natural gas distribution concessionaire operating under contract with FDE 62 for the 396 communes currently served by natural gas.
• AntargazcoreTechnology or IntegrationAntargaz is a propane and natural gas distribution concessionaire operating under contract with FDE 62 for certain territories.
• FNCCR (ACTEE program)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFDE 62 participates in the ACTEE program, a national initiative by FNCCR for the energy renovation of public buildings.
• Banque des TerritoiressupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the Édurénov program supporting energy renovation of public buildings.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• SYDER: SYDER is the departmental energy syndicate for Rhône and organizes public electricity distribution and related energy services for communes. It is directly comparable to FDE 62's municipal-membership and concession-authority model.
• SDE 03: SDE 03, the Syndicat Départemental d'Énergies de l'Allier, coordinates electricity and gas distribution services for local authorities. Its departmental public-energy mandate and municipal constituency are closely comparable to FDE 62.
• SDE 76: SDE 76 is a departmental energy authority serving communes with electricity-network oversight and energy-transition programs. It is a close institutional peer despite operating in a different French department.
• SEDI: SEDI organizes electricity distribution and energy services for Isère communes. Its public mandate, network oversight, and municipal engagement are comparable to FDE 62's operating model.
• SIEIL: SIEIL is a public energy syndicate for Indre-et-Loire that manages distribution-network authority and public energy-transition services. It overlaps FDE 62's role, customer base, and local-infrastructure focus.
• SIEML: SIEML is a public intercommunal energy syndicate in Maine-et-Loire active in network authority, public lighting, renewable energy, and collective purchasing. Its service scope is close to FDE 62's, although it serves a different territory.

Broad incumbents

• Enedis: Enedis is France's principal electricity distribution network operator and FDE 62's electricity concessionaire. It is a broad incumbent benchmark for network delivery and public-service obligations, but not a public federation.
• GRDF: GRDF is the principal gas distribution network operator in France and FDE 62's gas concessionaire. It provides a broad incumbent comparison for gas-network delivery, metering, and public-service obligations.
• Antargaz: Antargaz supplies and distributes propane and natural gas and operates certain FDE 62 concession territories. It is an adjacent energy incumbent and supplier rather than a direct municipal authority.

Others

• FNCCR: FNCCR is the national federation of local energy authorities, and FDE 62 participates in its ACTEE program. It is an ecosystem comparator for public governance, energy-transition coordination, and municipal engagement, not a competing utility.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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