Réseau de Transport d'Électricité

Réseau de Transport d'Électricité
Company typeSociété anonyme
IndustryPublic utility
FoundedJuly 2000 (2000-07)
Headquarters,
France
Serviceselectricity transmission
Revenue4,126 million (2007)
Number of employees
8279 (2007)
ParentÉlectricité de France
Websitewww.rte-france.com

Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (French pronunciation: [ʁezo tʁɑ̃spɔʁ delɛktʁisite], "Electricity Transmission Network"), usually known as RTE, is the electricity transmission system operator of France. It is responsible for the operation, maintenance and development of the French high-voltage transmission system, which at approximately 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi), is Europe's largest.

RTE is a société anonyme headquartered in Paris and mostly owned by the French state through Électricité de France and Caisse des dépôts et consignations.