Distribution network operator: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Adding local short description: "Operator of the electric power distribution system", overriding Wikidata description "a company which operates the electric power distribution system which delivers electricity to end users"
top: bold alt article name per MOS
 
(4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 2:
{{more citations needed|date=September 2013}}
 
A '''distribution network operator''' ('''DNO'''), also known as a '''distribution system operator''' ('''DSO'''), is the operator of the [[electric power distribution]] system which delivers electricity to most end users. Each country may have many local distribution network operators, which are separate from the [[transmission system operator]] (responsible for transporting power in bulk around the country).
 
== France ==
In [[France]], [[Enedis]], a subsidiary of [[Électricité de France|EDF]], distributes approximately 95% of electricity, with the remaining 5% distributed by 160 local electricity and gas distribution companies (''entreprises locales de distribution d'électricité et de gaz'' or ELD).<ref name=proriol>[[Jean Proriol]], [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/rap-info/i3307.asp Rapport d'information {{n°|No.&nbsp;3307}} déposé par la commission des affaires économiques de l'Assemblée nationale], assemblee-nationale.fr du 5 avril 2011, consulté le 30 avril 2020</ref>
 
== Great Britain ==
Line 25:
! GSP Group ID
! Area ID
! TLF Zone
! Area
! DNO company
Line 33 ⟶ 34:
| _A
| 10
| 1
| East England
| Eastern Power Networks plc
Line 41 ⟶ 43:
| _B
| 11
| 2
| East Midlands
| National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) plc
Line 49 ⟶ 52:
| _C
| 12
| 3
| London
| London Power Networks plc
Line 57 ⟶ 61:
| _D
| 13
| 4
| North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire
| SP Manweb plc
| [[ScottishPower#Energy Networks|SP Energy Networks]]
| [[MANWEB]]
| MANW
Line 65 ⟶ 70:
| _E
| 14
| 5
| West Midlands
| National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) plc
Line 73 ⟶ 79:
| _F
| 15
| 6
| North East England
| Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc
Line 81 ⟶ 88:
| _G
| 16
| 7
| North West England
| Electricity North West Limited
Line 89 ⟶ 97:
| _P
| 17
| 14
| North Scotland
| Scottish Hydro-Electric Power Distribution plc
Line 97 ⟶ 106:
| _N
| 18
| 13
| South and Central Scotland
| SP Distribution plc
| [[ScottishPower#Energy Networks|SP Energy Networks]]
| [[South of Scotland Electricity Board]]
| SPOW
Line 105 ⟶ 115:
| _J
| 19
| 9
| South East England
| South Eastern Power Networks plc
Line 113 ⟶ 124:
| _H
| 20
| 8
| Southern England
| Southern Electric Power Distribution plc
Line 121 ⟶ 133:
| _K
| 21
| 10
| South Wales
| National Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales) plc
Line 129 ⟶ 142:
| _L
| 22
| 11
| South West England
| National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc
Line 137 ⟶ 151:
| _M
| 23
| 12
| Yorkshire
| Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc
Line 228 ⟶ 243:
|Indigo Power Limited
|INDI
|-
!39
|Squire Energy Metering Ltd
|Squire Energy Metering Ltd
|STRK
|-
!40
|Utility Assets Limited
|Utility Assets Limited
|UTAL
|-
!42
|Advanced Electricity Networks
|Advanced Electricity Networks
|AENL
|-
!43
|IDCS Ltd
|IDCS Ltd
|IDCS
|}