If cuts prove inevitable, it will be the companies that will be the only ones concerned, reaffirms, this Thursday, the Prime Minister.
With winter approaching, comes with it a strong concern about the energy supply in France France. Indeed, in a context of supply tensions on Russian gas accompanied by the unavailability of part of the French nuclear fleet, the question of gas cuts arises.
But on this point, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, wanted to be reassuring for households, this Thursday on France Inter. “I confirm that even if the winter is cold and we are facing supply problems, there could be restrictions but not on households. There will be no gas cuts for households“, she hammers.
“Cuts on large gas consumers”
If cuts prove unavoidable, it will therefore be the companies that will be the only ones concerned. “There may be cuts on large gas consumers“, recognizes Elisabeth Borne, who affirms that discussions are currently underway with companies to assess the potential consequences of gas cuts. The Prime Minister also evokes the establishment of a mechanism of right to consume, which would allow companies to exchange their cuts. “The company that it looks like we’re going to cut you off, could agree with a company for which it would be less serious“, she explains.
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However, Elisabeth Borne claims that if the objective of reducing energy consumption by 10% is achieved, no supply problem would then arise.
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On the electricity side, the situation seems more complex. The Prime Minister acknowledged this Tuesday, in the Quotidien program on the TMC channel, that “there may be times when if it is very cold there may be a problem with the supply” for individuals. If such a situation were to arise, energy players could make “rotating load shedding“: “We cut in a rotating way, by district, less than two hours, and that can happen if bad hypotheses combine.From the beginning of 2023, a rise in prices also seems inevitable for households. “There will be an increase, but it will be contained“says Elisabeth Borne.