Our RTE connection offer states energisation in 2032. Is that credible?

Typical situation no. 1

A foreign developer is preparing an 80 MW campus in Île-de-France. It has received a connection offer (PTF) from RTE stating energisation in 2032, and an offer from Enedis for construction-phase power. Its investment committee meets in six weeks and must decide on a first payment of several million euros.

WHAT IS BLOCKING

• No one on the team has read a French connection offer before: the works to be built, the conditions precedent and the milestones are hard to interpret.
• The 2032 date depends on grid works (a new substation, line reinforcement) that have their own permits and uncertainties.
• The Île-de-France connection queue exceeds 7 GW: a slip of two to five years cannot be ruled out, and the committee wants to know before paying.

WHAT WE DO

1. Full review of both offers: scope, works borne by RTE and by the customer, conditions, payment schedule, lapse clauses.
2. Reconstruction of the critical path: permits for grid works, transformer lead times, construction, testing.
3. Discussion with the RTE and Enedis contacts named in the offers to confirm the assumptions.
4. Realistic, cautious and downside date scenarios, with the signals that would shift the project from one to another.

WHAT YOU GET

• A 15 to 20-page memo readable by an investment committee, in English if needed.
• A risk table ranked by probability and impact on the date.
• The questions to put to the land seller and to RTE before signing.

Typical format: Desk review, about two to three weeks, under a non-disclosure agreement. Every assignment is scoped in writing before it starts.

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Typical situation, based on real enquiries and anonymised. Figures are illustrative.

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