Gas: households will not be affected by possible cuts, assures Élisabeth Borne

Europe 1 with AFP 9:14 p.m., August 30, 2022, modified at 9:15 p.m., August 30, 2022

Elisabeth Borne is reassuring.

Any gas cuts, in the event of a shortage of this source of energy, would not concern households but businesses, she assured Tuesday evening.

"The cuts, they do not concern households (...) we are not going to cut the gas in French households, but it is on our companies, the large consumers, that there could be cuts", has affirmed the Prime Minister in the

on the TMC channel.

The French invited to reduce their consumption

To avoid these cuts, she again invited the French, individuals and businesses, to reduce their consumption of gas or electricity, while certain nuclear reactors producing electricity are stopped.

"Anything we can do to lower our consumption will prevent us from getting into situations where we should have cuts," she said.

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These cuts could occur "if all the wrong assumptions come together: if Russia cuts its supplies, if ever there are tensions over LNG (liquefied natural gas) and the orders we have placed are not honored, s 'there is a very cold winter,' she said.

The head of government explained again that she was in favor of "radical measures" in terms of ecological transition but that she did not support a model of "degrowth".

Avoid “rationing” measures

In France, we are all attached to our social model (...) We must reconcile radical changes to fight against climate change, but this should not lead us to plead for a society of decline.

Financing our social model is not compatible with those who argue for decline.

We need to find a new model of sustainable growth,” she said.

Monday before the Medef, Elisabeth Borne had urged companies to quickly reduce their energy consumption so as to avoid "rationing" measures.