(CercleFinance.com) – Following the announcement by the French government, on January 13, 2022, of an additional allocation of 20 TWh of electricity sold at a regulated price for 2022, EDF had announced that it was examining any measure likely to protect its interests.
Following this announcement, EDF announced today that it had sent the State a prior administrative appeal to request the withdrawal of the decree and orders of March 2022 relating to this allocation.
Concretely, EDF today filed a legal action with the Council of State, and a claim for compensation, for an amount estimated to date at 8.34 billion euros, with the State.