The downward trend in electricity consumption in France “is growing”, with a decrease of 8.3% last week compared to the average of previous years (2014-2019), a decrease that “now concerns all sectors” , according to data published this Tuesday afternoon by RTE, the manager of the electricity transmission network in France.
Regarding the trend, “the bearish effect is growing” compared to the previous update that had observed a drop in electricity consumption of 6.7% in one week, RTE notes.
“A Structural Decline”
“In the last 4 weeks, electricity consumption in France at normal temperature has shown a structural decrease (6.6%) compared to the minimum of previous years (2014-2019) in the same period”, indicates the head of the French network high and very low temperature. high voltage in its update stopped on Sunday.
Identified for the first time in the industrial sector, from the autumn, due to the increase in energy prices, “the fall in consumption now seems to affect all sectors”, and this while during the past week, temperatures have fallen “significantly below seasonal norms”. , increasing heating needs.
“The most recent data (collected during the cold period of the last few days) show that the drop in consumption also affects the residential sector (majority in volume) and the tertiary sector”, that is, a 7% drop compared to 2021, according to art.
Before this update, RTE estimated at the end of last week that the drop in consumption was not yet visible in “tertiary buildings” such as offices and corporate headquarters and points of sale.
In a context of energy crisis, the network operator has launched this weekly monitoring of electricity consumption in mainland France. The published data was “in line with normal temperatures for the period” and is independent of the exceptionally mild values recorded in France in November.
Source: BFM TV
