Enercoop is a French electric utility cooperative company. It uses only

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and is the only electric utility in France to be a cooperative. Its founding members include

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and other proponents of environmental protection and the ethical economy, such as ''La Nef'', a French

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and the

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association. As of mid-2014, Enercoop has clients

History

Enercoop was created in 2005 and initially, as the French electricity market wasn't yet liberalized, Enercoop just had companies as customers. Later on, in 2007, as the market was liberalized, Enercoop started to grow and totalized more than customers. In 2011, after the

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, Enercoop went from customers in 2009 to in late 2011. In 2014, Enercoop had customers. As of 2021, Enercoop had customers100 000 clients Enercoop : merci pour votre soutien !
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Objectives

Its aim is to create many regional cooperatives around France where the local members can be in charge of all parts of the energy process from production to consumption. In this way the group intends to make citizens responsible for the energy they consume. Actually, in 2014, it has 6 regional cooperatives. Enercoop's

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impose that at least 57% of the profits must be reinvested in means of electricity production. The remaining profits can either be reinvested or can reward its investors.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.enercoop.fr Energy cooperatives Renewable energy companies of France French companies established in 2005 Energy companies established in 2005 Renewable resource companies established in 2005 Cooperatives in France