“The best energy remains that which we do not consume” underline Patrick Pouyanné (TotalEnergies), Jean-Bernard Levy (EDF) and Catherine MacGregor (Engie) who call for “awareness and collective and individual action”.
The leaders of the three French energy companies TotalEnergies, EDF and Engie together call on the French to reduce “immediately“their consumption of fuel, oil, electricity and gas in the face of the risk of shortages and soaring prices that threaten”social cohesionnext winter.
“The effort must be immediate, collective and massive. Every gesture counts“, indicate in a rare joint forum published by the Journal du Dimanche, Patrick Pouyanné (TotalEnergies), Jean-Bernard Levy (EDF) and Catherine MacGregor (Engie), while France, like the rest of Europe, tries to fill its gas reserves for next winter, with a French objective of 100% storage filled by the beginning of autumn, despite the drop in Russian gas deliveries.
In addition to gas supply difficulties linked to the consequences of the war in Ukraine, there aretensions” on controllable electricity production capacities in Europe, and hydraulic production “amputateddue to the drought, they explain.
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“The surge in energy prices resulting from these difficulties threatens our social and political cohesion and has a too heavy impact on the purchasing power of families.“note the authors of the text. “The best energy is the one we don’t consumeunderline the three leaders who call for “awareness and collective and individual action so that each of us – each consumer, each company – changes its behavior and immediately limits its consumption of energy, electricity, gas and petroleum products“.
They want the launch of a “major energy efficiency program” and an “national waste hunt“. “Acting this summer will allow us to be better prepared to tackle next winter and in particular to preserve our gas reserves.“, say the three leaders.
“Responsible industrial players, our three groups are committed to actively collaborating” indicate the bosses, usually rather in competition on the subjects of energy transition, in particular who see massive but not always coordinated investments flourish in renewable energies, nuclear and hydrogen in particular.
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