July 24 (Reuters) – French Energy Transition Minister Agns Pannier-Runacher said in an interview with the JDD that she wanted to regulate retail energy practices as part of a “sobriety plan”. announced by President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month.
During a television interview for July 14, the Head of State indicated that he had invited public administrations and large groups to prepare a plan to “consume less” energy, generally inviting the population to be sober energy, against a backdrop of fears of a complete interruption of Russian gas deliveries to Europe.
“In the next few days, I will issue two decrees: the first generalizes the ban on illuminated advertisements regardless of the size of the city, between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., with rare exceptions such as stations and airports which do not don’t close at night,” said Agns Pannier-Runacher.
“The second prohibits, for a store, to have its doors open while the air conditioning or the heating works (…) It is no longer acceptable!”, She added to the Sunday newspaper.
Recalling the objective of “making a 40% effort on our consumption by 2050”, the minister indicated that the government was awaiting “action plans in the fall” from a range of actors – public establishments, tourism, local authorities… (Written by Jean Terzian)