AMEP in France: Short-Circuiting the Electricity Market? An Analysis of the Institutional Conditions for the Emergence of AMEPs in France

Court-circuiter le secteur de l’électricité ? Une analyse des conditions institutionnelles d’émergence des AMEP en France

Clotilde Grassart and Adèle Sébert ()
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Clotilde Grassart: CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Adèle Sébert: REGARDS - Recherches en Economie Gestion Agroressources Durabilité et Santé - CRIEG - Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Economie Gestion - MSH-URCA - Maison des Sciences Humaines de Champagne-Ardenne - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

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Abstract: Using meso-economic analysis from an industrial economics perspective, the article examines the conditions under which Associations pour la Mutualisation d'une Energie de Proximité (AMEP) emerged in France as a particular form of collective self-consumption within energy communities. A historical review of sectoral developments since the 20th century reveals the market and institutional regulations that have enabled the emergence of citizen actors in the electricity sector, as well as the intertwining of political, productive and technical dynamics in the emergence of new modes of electricity production, supply and consumption. The article thus highlights the logic of productive and political differentiation of AMEP with regard to industrial actors and with regard to other energy communities involved in structuring and disseminating this new model.

Keywords: collective self-consumption; mesoeconomy; solidarity; ecology; renewable energy; electricity; électricité; énergie renouvelable; autoconsommation collective; solidarité; mésoéconomie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02-06
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Published in Interventions Economiques : Papers in Political Economy, 2026, 74, ⟨10.4000/15nab⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/15nab

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