The Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, outlines the first outlines of the energy sobriety plan, announced by Emmanuel Macron on July 14, the aim of which is to reduce our energy consumption by 10% compared to 2019, d 'by 2024.
"In the coming days, I will issue two decrees: the first generalizes the ban on illuminated advertisements regardless of the size of the city between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., with rare exceptions, such as train stations and airports;
and the second prohibits stores from having their doors open while the air conditioning or heating is working,”
she said in the
Journal du dimanche .
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Companies that do not respect these rules risk up to 750 euros for open doors and 1,500 euros on illuminated signs.
To move forward with the implementation of the plan, five working groups have been created for public administrations, companies, establishments open to the public and supermarkets, housing and local authorities.
The resulting proposals must be announced at the end of September.
The supermarkets have already agreed on an “energy sobriety” plan which will be deployed in the fall.
The industry less targeted
The government is less targeting industry.
“It is one of the few sectors
that have been optimizing their energy consumption for a very long time, because it is an essential factor of competitiveness, even survival.
Industrialists will have to announce their potential vulnerabilities in the event of tension on the network this winter and possible load shedding.
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For the French, Agnès Pannier-Runacher assures her: "
I will never ask those who are in a situation of fuel poverty to make more efforts",
while adding that they need to be better informed of their consumption by energy companies and to bring up to date tariffs encouraging sobriety.
In the fall, a communication campaign to this effect will be implemented.