Energy

This section is aimed at informing you on the various sources of energy available in Paris for filming or shooting purposes.The City of Paris wishes to encourage temporary indoor or outdoor electrical junctions on public roads. This solution is cheaper for production companies, limits the presence of generators and reduces sound and environmental pollution. Junctions contribute to the improvement of filming conditions in Paris and to the respect of the environment.

If you consider filming on a location for 48 hours or more in Paris, we recommend you to use temporary junctions.

The temporary junction will be made by ERDF: to this end, you can either contact ERDF directly or appoint your supplier to do it on your behalf.

The activation of the junction will come into effect only after you have signed a contract with an electricity supplier.

In order to help you along the procedure, we would like to inform you about the various steps you have to take.

If you obtained a junction, we thank you to mention it in your filming planing.

1 - TEMPORARY SHORT-TERM INDOOR JUNCTIONS

In order to meet more rapidly production requirements, the procedure in Paris has been simplified.

- Your request for a temporary junction does not exceed 28 days: you can directly contact the ERDF provider ou the energy supplier.

- your resquest for a connection exceeds 28 days: you must contact the energy supplier.

. Preconditions

We invite you, in the first place, to check whether a few preconditions are respected :

If the power required does not exceed 36 Kva, you must allow a ten workdays period between the submission of your request and the shooting day. If it exceeds 36 Kva, a six weeks period is required.

The exact address of the junction point is necessary : the best way is to provide a cadastral map. You can consult the web site : www.cadastre.gouv.fr to view and edit (free of charge) the cadastral map sector you need (A4 or A3 format)

The authorization of the owner, person responsible for the place or building manager is required. We will be unable to process your request without this document.

. Send your resquest

TO THE PROVIDER

For a period inferior to 28 days, you can send your request directly to ERDF, by email : erdf-are-paris@erdfdistribution.fr or by fax + 33 1 40 28 36 09.

An advisor is at your disposal during week days from 8am to 5pm : + 33 1 42 21 91 98

The request form must filled in and sent with your email. PLease note that a lay out plan must be also enclosed.

TO THE SUPPLIER

Since July 2007, the electricity market has been opened up to competition and several providers are now available in Paris.The list and their services are available on the website www.energie-info.fr. However, for the time being, EDF is the only provider entitled to handle your requests for temporary junctions.

Temporary junction requests can be sent to EDF by email : edfcollectivites-iledefrance@edf.fr

A pre-established document is provided (including the information necessary to process your application). You can use it and send it after filling it out.

temporary junction request EDF

. Processing of your request

If the power requested does not exceed 36 Kva :

After a feasibility study, two appointments are made : one to make the temporary junction and install the meter and the second for the removal at the end of the filming.

. A pre-equipped site cabinet (with a meter and a differantial) must be provided

. The installation and removal of the junction is made in the presence of the assistant director or a representative of the production company.

Cost :

A single bill will be sent to the production company during the week that follows the removal. The name of the project will be mentioned for an easier identification of the film by the production company.

It includes a 185 euros lump sum for the junction and removal cost and your energy consumption.

If the power is between 36 Kva and 200 Kva

The time necessary to process the request varies according to the constraints of the network but you should allow about 6 week before the shooting.

. A technical feasibility appointment and the quote within 10 days.

. A pre-equipped site cabinet (with a meter and a differantial) must be provided

. The installation and removal of the junction is made in the presence of the assistant director or a representative of the production company.

Cost :

The quote sent after the study must be paid for before the junction.

The production company will receive the energy consumption bill one week after removal of the junction. The name of the project will be mentioned for an easier identification of the film by the production company.

If there is not enough time between the submission of your request and the filming day, you will be given a certificate allowing you to use a generator.

. Safety and reliability of the installation

The risk of power cuts during filming is very low. For your information, power cuts for Parisian users represent 24 minutes per year in average .

The installation provided is under the responsibility of the production company (including the earth junction). The production company must check the safety of the site and the system chosen must be submitted to Paris Film approval.

ERDF leaflet

2 - TEMPORARY OUTDOOR JUNCTIONS ON PUBLIC ROADS

For their filming or shooting projects, the City of Paris wants to offer production companies the possibility to join up with a certain number of existing power outlets that exist in Paris.

Please note that:

- the power available varies according to outlets
- for safety reasons, production companies are not allowed to use them directly

- the junction request must be made to the professional acknowleged by the City. He is the only one who is entitled to make the junctions.

We invite you to the consult the list of the 30 or so power outlets at your disposal.

. Procedure for your request

Allow a minimum of 10 days between submission of your request and the filming day.

To facilitate the procedure, a pre-established document will be provided to you. You must fill it out and send it back. You can send your request to the provider or a supplier.

If the power requested can be provided through the supply outlet, an appointment with you will be set for the technical intervention : installation and removal of the connection are made in the presence of the assistant director or a representative of the production company.

If the power requested can not be provided at the outlet, you will receive a certificate for the use of a generator.

. Cost of electric energy

A single bill (cost of access to the existing outlet and consumption) is sent to the production company, whose details have been specified on the initial request, within one week after removal of the conection.

The name of the project is mentionned to facilitate the identification by the production company.

. Column 1: simple junction, around 100€

. Column 2: junction for which a pre-equipped site cabinet (with meter and differential) must be provided, less than 200€

	Adress	1 simple	2 Cabinet must be provided
1er	1/3 Place des Innocents		X
4e	Place Edmond Michelet Hauteur du 15 rue de la Reynie
6e	Place Saint Sulpice, A côté de l'accès piétons parking	X
11e	Place de la Bastille, Côté, bd de la Bastille, bassin de l'arsenal	X
	Place du Père Chaillet Angle rue de la Roquette et Ledru Rollin		X
	2, bd Richard Lenoir		X
12e	Marché Aligre, Place d'Aligre A l'intérieur du marché		X
14e	82, rue d'Alésia		X
15e	72, rue du Commerce	X
	24 rue Alain Chartier		X
17e	avenue de Saint Ouen angle rue Maria Deraisme		X
18e	Place Suzanne Valadon A droite de l'accès au funiculaire		X
	Rue Ronsard Entrée Square Louise Michel		X
	8 avenue de la porte de Montmartre		X
	Square Saint Bernard		X

. Safety and reliability of the installation

junction request ERDF