SURVEY – Faced with the risk of electricity and gas shortages this winter, suppliers, communities and businesses are getting into battle order to mitigate the risk of cuts.
A country suddenly plunged into darkness, people stuck in elevators, telecommunications down, but also inoperative security devices and, everywhere, looters in the streets… These scenes of chaos, which would be caused by a generalized blackout of our electrical system in France, are the fear of the coming months. With the energy crisis hitting Europe, the risk of a blackout is haunting people’s minds today. A nightmare which, as for the health crisis, will have its bedside book. The Covid-19 had brought up to date Plague by Albert Camus. The fear of an energy shortage would invite us to plunge back into the pages of Ravaged, by René Barjavel. This dystopian work describes the sinking of a society suddenly deprived of electricity.
But according to RTE, the manager of the electricity transmission network, the worst will not take place in France. A major breakdown is not envisaged, except for an exceptional incident, such as that which occurred on November 4, 2006. On that day, Europe…
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