Different strategy, same goal. At a time when the government calls on the French to reduce energy consumption, the main companies in the energy sector are participating in the movement and it is Total Energies that is preparing to contribute first. During the Gas Congress organized this Tuesday by the French Gas Association, the group’s executive director, Patrick Pouyanné, announced that reductions in customers’ electricity consumption compared to winter 2021-2022 would give rise to bonuses.
Engie could reproduce your Australian system
Around a round table that followed the speech by the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, another strong man of energy also appeared in the person of Jean-Pierre Clamadieu. The chairman of Engie’s board of directors indicated that the French group itself was considering similar measures: “We are looking at everything that can go in the direction of positive incentives, and not sanctions. We must do pedagogy”. As such, Engie could, in particular, take inspiration from what it is already implementing in Australia.
In addition, the gas and electricity marketer already offers an incentive system but does not give the right to financial compensation. Nearly 90,000 people are registered in “My program to act” that encourages participants to control their consumption to accumulate KiloActs that they can then “invest in projects favorable to the energy transition or exchange for eco-responsible objects that help to consume better” . .
Source: BFM TV
