Electricity consumption fell by 5.4% last week in France compared to the average for 2014 to 2019, and by 6.6% over the last four weeks, according to data published on Tuesday by RTE, operator of the French electricity transmission network.

“If France consumes less, it is mainly due to the large industrialists who have lowered their consumption, (…) of the order of what we experienced in 2008” during the subprime financial crisis, had analyzed , Monday, the president of RTE, Xavier Piechaczyk, at the microphone of Radio Classique.

Electricity consumption by households and the tertiary sector has also decreased, but to a lesser extent.

Over the past few weeks, it has also been "difficult" to assess due to school vacation periods and public holidays, according to RTE.

Devoid of a tariff shield, manufacturers are bearing the full brunt of the explosion in energy prices, while households are “much more protected”, Xavier Piechaczyk had underlined.

"It's a reduction in production, so it's not necessarily good economic news," he added, adding that the "only" good news concerned the security of electricity supply.

Weekly follow-up

This decrease is slightly less significant than the previous week, when electricity consumption fell by 7.6% over one week and 6.8% over four weeks, compared to the average from 2014 to 2019. In the midst of the crisis energy, RTE has set up a weekly monitoring of electricity consumption in mainland France - accessible from its website - for better "control of consumption" during autumn/winter 2022-2023.



The consumption data indicated by RTE have been "aligned with normal temperatures for the period" and are therefore independent of the exceptionally mild values ​​recorded in France in October and November.

The government's sobriety plan, presented on October 6, provides for a 10% reduction in energy consumption over the next two years in France compared to 2019, and 40% by 2050.

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