The SMEG concession is renewed for 20 more years.
On 18th December Jean Paul Proust and Bernard Prades, president of Societe Monegasque de l'Electricite et du Gaz (SMEG) signed a new 20 year concession for electricity and gas supply in the Principality. SMEG is majority owned by French company GDF Suez, which has been supplying electricity to Monaco since 1890:
The Monaco company has 3 key areas of development: service quality, security of energy supply, and contribution to Monaco's environmental policies.
Service Quality - SMEG plans to use intelligent computers to help manage consumption.
Energy Supply - A 63,000 volts sub-station in the St Devotte valley is planned for 2013.
Environmental Policies - A sustainable development fund has been created for investments in renewable energy, initially likely to be photovoltaic, but also to buy sources of green energy created in Monaco.