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The last reliever
Audio 7:30 p.m.
Padlocked Enedis electricity meter to prevent the installation of Linky meters.
© Lucas Destrem
By: Justine Rodier
This job is that of electric meter reader.
As old as electricity has been in homes, it is dying out without us realizing it.
Driven out by the deployment of the Linky meter, it will have completely disappeared by the end of 2021. Indeed, since 2015, Enedis and its service providers have been installing this apple green box, capable of automatically communicating user consumption, without the need for a "human" succession.
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Yoann Paulaeck has been a reliever for 15 years and takes us on the roads of Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme for one of his last tours.
He talks about his job, little known, which is of particular importance in the countryside.
"The last reliever", a great report by Justine Rodier.
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