Agence ORE

What Agence ORE does

Agence ORE is a French open data organization that aggregates and harmonizes electricity and gas distribution data from all French distribution network operators (GRD), including Enedis, GRDF, and approximately 120 local distribution companies (ELD). Founded in 2017 under the LTECV legal framework and headquartered in Paris with 7 employees, the agency operates as a single unified platform comprising three interconnected services: a reference catalog of approximately 200 energy datavisualizations, an open data portal (built on Open Data Soft) publishing harmonized datasets on consumption, production, and network infrastructure from 2011 to 2024, and an expert community forum for exchanges between data producers and data users. Coverage spans all of metropolitan France and overseas territories (DOM-TOM), tracking 1,170,000+ renewable energy installations and serving territorial actors, market participants, and innovative data/energy companies.

The organization's business model is funded exclusively through annual membership contributions from 127 member organizations (122 energy distributors and their trade representatives), while all data and visualizations are provided free of charge to the public. The agency holds a statutory mandate giving it a monopoly on this aggregation role in France, with no monetization beyond membership dues. Strategic partnerships with RTE, SER, RARE, Odré, and Natran underpin recurring joint publications (such as the quarterly Panorama of Renewable Electricity) and co-hosted webinars. Product surface continues to expand, as evidenced by the February 2026 platform relaunch and the addition of mobility data, biomethane site-level data, and 2030/2035 scenario datasets.

Name

Agence ORE

Legal name

AGENCE ORE

Website

https://agenceore.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agence ORE is a French open data agency that aggregates and harmonizes electricity and gas distribution data from all French network operators, providing free public access to ~200 datavisualizations and standardized datasets serving territorial authorities, market actors, and energy innovators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Data and Analytics

NAICS

Natural Gas Distribution (2212), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution (4923), Natural Gas Distribution (4924)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAJALAN

Data Management, Integration & Data Governance for Gas Utilities

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Data Analytics for Gas Distribution Systems

SECONDARYEUAJALAI

Customer, Meter & AMI Analytics (Usage, Alarms, Theft)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Data Analytics for Gas Distribution Systems

SECONDARYEUAJAKAD

Meter Data Management (MDM), Interval Data Processing & Settlement Support

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Gas Metering and Regulation Services

SECONDARYHDAEAMAL

Data Exploration & Ad-Hoc Query Tools

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Business Intelligence (BI) Tools

Keywords

• Energy open data
• Energy data aggregation
• Electricity distribution data
• Gas distribution data
• Energy datavisualization

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: Funding from 127 member organizations (energy distributors and their representatives) who contribute to the agency operations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agence ORE aggregates, harmonizes, and publishes open data on electricity and gas distribution across all French territories through an online platform. It provides a reference catalog of approximately 200 energy datavisualizations, a centralized open data portal hosting datasets on consumption, production, and network infrastructure, and a community forum for expert exchange between data producers and users. The organization is funded by 127 member organizations representing French distribution network operators and serves territorial authorities, market actors, and data/energy innovators free of charge.

Product overview

Agence ORE is a data aggregation and publication platform for French energy data, operating as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform. Its core portfolio consists of three interconnected services: (1) the Datavisualisations tool, a reference catalog of approximately 200 energy data visualizations covering electricity and gas distribution, consumption, production, and infrastructure across French territories; (2) the Open Data Portal (built on Open Data Soft technology at opendata.agenceore.fr), which aggregates and harmonizes detailed energy datasets — including annual consumption data by commune/EPCI/department/region/IRIS (2011–2024), the national registry of electricity production installations, biomethane production data, and electric vehicle registration data — sourced from French distribution network operators; and (3) the Forum des experts open data, an expert community space for technical exchanges between data users and producers on methodology and data usage. Key data products include geographic mapping of electricity and gas network infrastructure (overhead and underground lines, distribution substations, gas pipelines), consumption datasets segmented by geographic level and economic sector, production registries for renewable electricity and biomethane, and electric mobility data. The platform references approximately 200 dataviz tools and serves 127 member organizations representing all French distribution network operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Datavisualisations Reference catalog of approximately 200 energy data visualizations covering electricity and gas distribution, consumption, and production data across French territories, accessible via an online tool. Built for territorial actors, consultants, and the public to visualize and interpret energy data.
• Open Data Portal Open data platform aggregating and harmonizing energy consumption and production data from French distribution network operators, with data available by commune, EPCI, department, region, and IRIS geographic levels from 2011 to 2024. Built on Open Data Soft technology.
• Open data mutualisé des GRD Mutualized open data portal for distribution network operators (GRD), providing unified access to energy data from multiple distributors across France. Designed for the 127 member organizations representing all French GRD.
• Forum des experts open data Expert community forum for open data electricity and gas, enabling exchange between data users and producers (distribution network managers, public authorities) on methodology, data consistency, and usage questions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,170,000+ renewable energy installations tracked through the platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EnediscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnedis is the national electricity distributor in France, covering 95% of the territory. They are a key data producer and member of Agence ORE, providing electricity distribution data including consumption, production installations, and network infrastructure data.
• GRDFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRDF is the national gas distributor in France, covering 95% of the territory. They are a key data producer and member of Agence ORE, providing gas distribution data.
• RTEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTE is the French electricity transmission system operator. They collaborate with Agence ORE on joint publications such as the Panorama of Renewable Electricity published quarterly.
• Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSER represents all renewable energy sectors in France. They collaborate with Agence ORE, RTE, and Enedis on the quarterly Panorama of Renewable Electricity publication.
• RARE (Réseau des Agences Régionales de l'Energie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRARE is a network of regional energy and climate observatories. They work with Agence ORE on methodological convergence and joint events such as masterclass webinars.
• OdréminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy data platform that collaborates with Agence ORE on expert webinars and data-related initiatives.
• NatranminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy data specialist that co-presents expert webinars with Agence ORE and partners including RARE, Enedis, GRDF, and RTE.
• AAA DataminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on mobility data to characterize the growth of clean vehicles in France, announced in June 2022.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): U.S. national energy statistics agency that aggregates and publishes energy production, consumption, and infrastructure data. It is the closest international analog to Agence ORE's mandate, though operating in a different regulatory and market geography.
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ, UK) — Energy Trends: UK government department that publishes national energy statistics and consumption data. DESNZ is a regional peer that operates a comparable public-good data aggregation and publication model in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Enedis Open Data: France's main electricity distributor publishes its own open data portal covering 95% of metropolitan territory. Enedis is both a key data producer for Agence ORE and a competing direct publisher, making it a broad incumbent in the same data ecosystem.
• GRDF Open Data: France's main natural gas distributor publishes its own open data on gas consumption, distribution, and biomethane. As a major data producer and member of Agence ORE, GRDF sits as a broad incumbent whose own publication partially overlaps with Agence ORE's harmonized offering.
• ADEME (Agence de la Transition Écologique): France's national ecological transition agency publishes extensive energy, climate, and emissions data. ADEME is a broader public-sector aggregator with overlapping thematic scope and audience (territorial actors, policy makers), making it a broad incumbent in the open energy/climate data space.
• RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Électricité) — éCO2mix portal: France's electricity transmission system operator publishes its own open data via éCO2mix and open data portals. While RTE is a strategic partner of Agence ORE, it also publishes overlapping national energy data, making it a broad incumbent in the same open-data category.
• Eurostat — Energy Statistics: EU-level statistical aggregator providing harmonized energy data across member states. While operating at a higher geographic level, Eurostat occupies the same 'public-good data aggregator' role at the European scale, making it a thematic broad incumbent in the open energy data category.

Others

• OpenDataSoft: Technology vendor whose open data portal platform underpins Agence ORE's open data portal at opendata.agenceore.fr. OpenDataSoft is an infrastructure/enabler counterpart, providing the underlying technology that allows agencies like Agence ORE to publish harmonized open data.

Direct peers

• ODRÉ (Observatoire Des Réseaux d'Énergie): French energy data observatory that aggregates and publishes data on French electricity and gas networks, with a similar role to Agence ORE but focused on transmission and balancing data. ODRÉ is explicitly a partner of Agence ORE, co-publishing webinars and data products, indicating closely overlapping missions and user bases.

Emerging players

• RARE (Réseau des Agences Régionales de l'Énergie): Network of French regional energy and climate observatories that aggregates local energy data and publishes territorial analyses. RARE is both a partner and a partial competitor — regional observatories increasingly publish their own data, intersecting with Agence ORE's territorial use case.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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