2023-06-19 23:22:25
The Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher unveiled this Monday evening 14 “flagship measures” to encourage the French to reduce their energy consumption.
Do not abuse the air conditioning, close the doors of stores when it is on… The government announced Tuesday, June 19, Act II of its sobriety plan to encourage the French to reduce their consumption throughout the year .
Even if the threat of winter power cuts seems far away, the government calls on the French not to relax their efforts to sustainably reduce their energy consumption (electricity, gas but also fuels), eight months after the launch with great fanfare of its energy sobriety plan. The objective is to develop in eachenergetic common sense“, told AFP the office of the Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
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14 “flagship measures”
Among the 14 “key measuresof this Act II, unveiled Monday evening by our colleagues from Parisian , the reminder that, in offices and stores in particular, the air conditioning must not drop the temperature below 26 degrees. Mayors are also asked to ensure the proper application of the decree of October 2022 which requires businesses not to leave their doors in the open position when they use an air conditioner. A very active sector in the summer, the performing arts are also committed to reducing their energy consumption, welcomes the ministry, which cites the example of the Main Square festival in Arras which will be powered without generators.
The government intends to see fuel consumption reduced, in particular through companies which are encouraged to ask their employees to drive at a maximum of 110 km/h on the motorway, instead of 130. Twenty-seven CAC 40 companies are there. are engaged, he argues. The same instruction was given to state agents. The measure has the merit of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% while saving 20% fuel, highlights the government. Subsequently, the penalty on the purchase of vehicles “the most CO2 emitters and the heaviest” should be “very significantly increased».
Act I, launched last fall, was crowned with “hit“, estimates the firm of Agnès Pannier-Runacher. Calls for voluntary sobriety launched by the government, but also soaring energy prices have reduced gas and electricity consumption by 12% (excluding weather effects) compared to 2018-2019, according to the ministry. . The State had set the objective of a 10% reduction in energy consumption by 2024.
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