Electrical Distribution;Power Grid;Service Industry@ERDF manages the public electricity distribution network for 95% of continental France. Every day, its 36,770 employees oversee the operation, maintenance and development of a nearly 1.3 million km network. ERDF manages 95% of the electricity distribution network in continental France. This network belongs to local authorities (French municipalities or groups of municipalities), who subcontract to ERDF as an operator through a public service delegation. ERDF thus has 2 major public service duties.