Given the rise in energy prices in 2023 that weighs on their results, the ski resorts asked Bercy on Thursday to intervene “with all its weight” with energy distributors, including EDF, to return to “reasonable” prices “.
According to the National Association of Mountain Station Mayors (ANMSM), “the sustainability of certain stations is at stake.”
Up to 600 euros per megawatt hour
Before December 2022, the stations paid around 60 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), prices rose to 600 euros, according to figures from the ANMSM, which includes around a hundred stations in five French massifs (Northern Alps and del Sur, Jura, Massif Central). , Pyrenees and Vosges).
For Pierre Vollaire, mayor of Orres (Hauts-Alpes) and vice president of the ANMSM, “the methods used by EDF for 18 months to renegotiate contracts are unacceptable.”
Climate change
The issue of energy costs was raised during a round table on “the economics of mountain tourism in the context of climate change” in the presence of the Minister.
Because in the long term what emerges is the entire future of the mountain. “From 2050, 75% of the French glaciers that culminate at less than 3,500 meters will have disappeared whatever the climate scenario (…), according to a study published in 2023,” Christian Vincent recalled during the round table. Institute researcher. of Environmental Geosciences (IGE), a research laboratory located in Grenoble (Isère), affiliated with the CNRS.
For Bruno Le Maire, this “visible, tangible and dramatic warning message underlines the absolute need to accelerate the ecological transition”. The minister also wished that the local actors “manage to find a balance between the valorisation (…) and the preservation of the mountain”.
Source: BFM TV
