The risk to French power supply from the start of January through the rest of winter has been reduced to ‘medium’ due to higher nuclear and hydropower availability as well as reduced demand from consumers, French grid operator RTE said.
Nuclear company EDF faced an unprecedented number of reactor outages this year due to maintenance delays, reducing nuclear production to its lowest level in 30 years just as Russia’s war in Ukraine hit Europe’s energy supplies.
In recent months, the French government has urged households and businesses to reduce electricity consumption by 10%, to cope with a possible energy crisis in the winter of 2023-24.
