EDF Energy is one of the UK’s largest energy companies and its largest producer of low-carbon electricity. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the EDF Group, one of Europe's largest energy groups, we generate around one fifth of the UK's electricity and employ around 15,000 people. We supply electricity and gas to around 5.5 million residential and business customers, making us the biggest supplier of electricity by volume. The company is organised into the following business units:
Nuclear Generation operates eight nuclear power stations in the UK with a combined capacity of almost 9,000 megawatts – electricity that is vital to the UK economy.
Nuclear New Build which is tasked with the delivery of the new generation of nuclear plant in line with EDF’s global programme of producing safe, affordable, reliable, low-carbon production of electricity in the UK.
Energy Sourcing and Customer Supply runs power stations and wind farms, and buys and sells power to meet future generation and customer needs. It also deals with all our domestic customers, handling everything from signing up new customers to dealing with billing queries. It also covers small to medium businesses (SME) and large companies (Major Business). EDF Energy is part of EDF Group, one of Europe’s largest power companies. EDF Energy is organised into three business units: Energy Sourcing and Customer Supply, the Nuclear New Build project and Nuclear Generation. Centrica plc (“Centrica”) holds a 20% shareholding in Lake Acquisitions Limited, the company within which the Nuclear Generation business unit sits. Centrica also holds a 20% stake in NNB Holding Company Limited, the company which has been created to undertake the pre-development activities for a nuclear new build programme in the UK. EDF and Centrica intend this joint venture to construct, operate and decommission four nuclear power stations in the UK. The sale of these shareholdings to Centrica was effective from 26th November 2009. Organisational structure
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