The French currently consume less electricity.

The downward trend is even "accelerating", with an 8.3% decline last week compared to the average for previous years (2014-2019).

Above all, this decrease concerns "now all sectors", according to data published Tuesday evening by RTE, the manager of the French electricity transmission network.

The previous update had noted electricity consumption down 6.7% over one week.

Temperatures, however, below normal for the season

"Over the last 4 weeks, electricity consumption in France at normal temperature has shown a structural decrease (6.6%) compared to the minimum of previous years (2014-2019) over the same period", indicates the network manager. French high and very high voltage in its update stopped on Sunday.

First identified in the industrial sector, as of the autumn, due to the rise in energy prices, "the fall in consumption now appears to concern all sectors", and this while over the past week, temperatures have fallen “significantly below seasonal norms”, increasing heating needs.

"The most recent figures - collected during the cold period of the last few days - show that the drop in consumption also concerns the residential sector (majority in volume) and tertiary", a drop of 7% compared to 2021, according to RTE .

Before this update, RTE estimated at the end of last week that the drop in consumption was not yet visible in “tertiary buildings” such as offices and corporate headquarters and retail outlets.

The executive aims for a drop in energy consumption

In a context of energy crisis, the network operator has set up this weekly monitoring of electricity consumption in mainland France.

The published data was "aligned with normal temperatures for the period" and is independent of the exceptionally mild values ​​recorded in France in November.

For the manager, these figures confirm "the real effect of sobriety actions undertaken by individuals and companies".

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

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