THE CHEKING PROCESS – For several weeks, the government has been agitating the risk of gas cuts in the event of strong tensions on supply. Is this risk of shortage real?
This is the black scenario, which the government is trying to avoid at all costs. For several weeks, the executive no longer hides the risk of gas and electricity cuts next winter. On gas, the complete suspension of Russian gas deliveries to Engie this week reinforced this fear. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne spoke of a “real risk of a gas shortage”. Even if the possible load shedding will not concern households, she repeated.
Invited this Friday on RTL, the general manager of Engie, Catherine MacGregor, however, was more reassuring. “A priori, we will not run out of gas (this winter)“, affirmed the leader of the first gas supplier in France. Remarks that echo those of Emmanuelle Wargon, president of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), Tuesday on LCI. “In terms of supply, volumes, we are rather confident about the ability to spend the winter in France without Russian gas“, she assured.
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