France continues to limit its electricity consumption.

This is indeed falling again, with a decline of 7.4% last week compared to the average for previous years (2014-2019) the same week, according to the latest data from the RTE network manager published on Tuesday evening.

Over the past four weeks, the average structural decline has reached 8.7%.

This figure is published after adjustment for calendar and meteorological effects: it is therefore the consumption that would have occurred if the temperatures had been aligned with the normal temperatures for the period.

In this way, it is possible to identify structural variations in consumption from one year to the next, beyond the weather effects.

These structural variations are the effect, for example, of variations in economic activity or actions oriented towards sobriety.

Temperatures above normal for the season

However, the rate of decline slowed last week (-7.4% against -8.1% the previous week), according to a calculation "excluding years with too different calendar configurations (the position of Christmas Day conditions consumption of the whole week)", indicates the manager of the electricity network.

RTE explains the slowdown in the decline by a reduction in the potential for additional energy savings for individuals and companies in the tertiary sector, the warmer temperatures having reduced electricity consumption linked to heating.

During the past week, the temperatures "were significantly above normal for the season, with a positive difference reaching 8.2°C on Friday, December 23", he underlines.

The manager of the high and very high voltage lines had lowered on December 20 the risk of tensions for the electricity network in January from “high” to “medium”, taking into account the efforts of sobriety and the restart of several nuclear reactors.

The government has called for sobriety this winter against a backdrop of supply difficulties linked in particular to corrosion problems on part of the French nuclear fleet.

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