No power cuts planned, but a tense situation all the same.

The electricity network manager RTE activated the "Orange national Ecowatt" signal this weekend, asking French men and women to reduce their consumption on Monday morning, in particular between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Drop in temperatures: RTE activates the national Orange Ecowatt signal for Monday April 4, 2022https://t.co/8IpA1HUCjC pic.twitter.com/21JGsL0rY3

— RTE (@rte_france) April 2, 2022


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“We are asked to make eco-gestures but there are no cuts planned” indicated RTE this Sunday at

20 Minutes

, specifying to maintain the forecasts of the day before.

On Saturday, a press release from the company encouraged companies as well as “French people who can” to “shift their electricity consumption to this weekend rather than Monday with regard to the use of household appliances”.

Thank you to the Executive Director of Carrefour France @BaitiehR for relaying the EcoWatt signal 🔶 @rte_france and asking all @GroupeCarrefour stores to reduce their electricity consumption on Monday morning.

All mobilized to control our consumption ⚡️ https://t.co/IEV78C43lf

— RTE (@rte_france) April 3, 2022


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On Sunday, several tweets circulated on social networks alerting to the risk of cuts.

27 nuclear reactors available

This national Ecowatt "orange" signal (which can go as far as red) from the network operator comes in due to the drop in temperatures, which should increase electricity consumption.

It will be "high" on Monday and could reach 73,000 MW around 9 a.m.

National production should be only 65,000 MW at the same time, but France should be able to import up to 11,000 MW to pass this milestone, according to RTE, which believes that the situation could however be “tense”.

The French electricity system is under tension this winter due in particular to the low availability of the nuclear fleet, linked to a busy maintenance schedule, further disrupted by the 2020 confinements. Currently, 27 nuclear reactors are unavailable out of 56. The power plant at Saint-Avold coal (Moselle) has also just closed, even if it could possibly be put back into operation next winter.

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