Energy crisis: municipalities have reduced their consumption for public lighting by 20%

A “historic drop”. It is in these terms that Enedis, the manager of the electricity distribution network, qualifies the reduction in the consumption of electricity dedicated to the public lighting of the municipalities. “20% less over the first 15 days of this month of December, that had never happened, observes Nicolas Desmalades, territorial director of Enedis in Ariège, in charge of the My public eco-lighting program. This decrease represents a saving of 100 megawatts (MW) of power demand. Or 10% of a nuclear reactor. »