China News Agency, Paris, December 3 (Reporter Li Yang) French President Macron expressed his position on the issue of France's winter power supply on the 3rd local time, calling on the public not to panic about this issue.
He also hopes that people can reduce energy consumption.
Macron made the above statement in an interview with French TV 1 on the same day.
He said that it is legal for French officials to prepare for the power supply plan in extreme cases, which means that if the power supply is insufficient, there will be power outages for several hours a day.
Macron hopes that people can reduce energy consumption and continue to abide by the relevant energy reduction plans previously proposed by officials.
He believes that if people can work together to reduce daily energy consumption by 10%, France has a chance to avoid power supply interruptions in winter.
Analysts pointed out earlier that EDF had postponed the restart of several nuclear reactors, resulting in a decline in nuclear power output; the crisis in Ukraine has also led to tight energy supply in Europe; the temperature in France has dropped significantly recently; the above multiple factors have made the power shortage problem in France increasingly prominent in winter.
According to the power supply details disclosed by French BFM TV on the 2nd, the French power grid operator has begun to formulate a specific plan for power outages. The power outage areas will be distributed in various places in France. Each household will be out of power for up to two hours a day, and there will only be one power outage in a day. .
According to reports, places that have been identified as priority areas for power supply, including hospitals and defense facilities, will not experience power outages.
In addition, Corsica will not face power outages, because the island does not rely on the French mainland for power supply, and the island also has a transmission line connecting it to Italy.
Regarding the power supply in Paris, the French grid operator revealed that due to the particularity of the Paris power grid and the large number of places identified as giving priority to supplying power, only 20% of the power supply in Paris may face interruptions.
The app Ecowatt, which is used to help people understand the power supply situation, has attracted attention from all walks of life in France. Since this month, the app has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times; the number of users who have registered to receive SMS reminders of power outages in their residential areas has reached 470,000. .
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