2 Sum of personnel expenses and other external expenses. the expected erosion of electricity consumption in France, as presented by RTE in its report on 7 November 2017 . Enedis now anticipates a 0 3 % drop in distributed volumes in 2018. EDF confirms a significant rebound in EBITDA in 2018 compared to 2017, driven notably by the expected increase in nuclear and hydro output in France, the rise in wholesale power prices in Europe and the good execution of the Opex performance plan.