Hi all! I searched the archives and it seems there is not a recent thread on this topic - if I missed it, please forgive me!
New to the “setting up electricity in France” game. Who would you use/do you use, and why? It’s just me and the dogs. My cooktop and oven are gas (bottle). Everything else is electric.
My landlord is not a fan of TE. The meter is currently with EDF. MdA
We’ve been happy with Sorégies customer service. Everything is online. They were helpful when we set it up - Madame, who is pretty helpless when it comes to anything like that, had no difficulty.
We’ve used Ekwateur since 2022 - there was an English-speaking telephone line for the electricity suppliers and that was who they recommended. We don’t use much, only living here 4 weeks a year, and we’ve had rebates from them a couple of times.
It is worth looking into ‘electricite groupé’, which is where a company organises loads of individuals into a group and then gets a reduction from an energy supplier.
There are a couple I know of:
I am with the first and have quite a good contract.
This is our first long-term rental, and we’re with Sorégies. I hired a relo person to read over our lease and get all of our utilities connected, and we’re happy so far. As Porridge says, everything is on line so that works for me.
Ah, yes. This provider does not offer service in 81, the Tarn. But, thank you!
The good thing about EDF is you can easily get an attestation titulaire (in your espace client) which can be useful when newly arrived. They have (I think still) an English speaking helpline
Like you, everything (including the stove) we have is electric so it makes a difference. We started with EDF but switched to LaBellenergie just before heating season kicked in and got a 2 year cheap contract rate. The thing is these contracts here only bind the seller, so we’ll look around again in the fall and see who is cheapest. No issues with the service or the changeover from EDF. Much easier than changing internet or mobile contracts. Selectra (mentioned above) gives you a good heads up on who to choose.
When we first came here, I don’t think there was a choice, EDF or candles and campfire.
Happily I have had no regrets with them and have never considered changing. Indeed, until very recently I thought it was a regional thing and choice was not on offer anyway. 
We’re with EDF not least because we’re great believers in using the same organisation that manages the network. Then there’s never a query about who fixes things.
Depending on how you live you might want to look at EDF’s Tempo pricing. 20 days in winter where prices are very high. 43 white days where prices are medium and 300 blue days where prices are low. We use this in our gite because we don’t use it in winter so the high price of red days doesn’t affect us.
People manage their red days - not using washing machine/dishwasher etc, etc, cooking stews the days before and then just heating them up on a gas stove, using free standing butane gas heaters and so on.
Okay, Went with a provider Alpiq, which had a great rate. I found them through one of the group links, so thank you for that! Enedis handles their “business” end - aka transmission of the magic spark juice.
Between the agent’s minimal English and my minimal French and an awful lot of Google translate, we made a 5 minute conversation last 45 minutes - but it’s done. I. Am. Exhausted.
Well done - it’s amazing how much can be achieved with goodwill on both sides and a little help from GT.
It’s possible that other suppliers do this. We’re currently trying out Octopus and they certainly do.
Haven’t needed an attestation, but we’ve been with Octopus for nine months and are happy with the service.
Same here. I also moved tariffs with them for a cheaper deal.
For info the government do à comparison site which is what we used to change supplier from EDF to la bellenergie. Saved 180€ a year and changing supplier was literally a click. Super service. EDF used to have a monopoly and while they’re heavily regulated they can sometimes cost a lot more.
Here’s the link if anyone wants it: