often heated to gas, swimming pools are very energy -consuming equipment and undergo the rise in prices. The farmer green marine claimed that he does not want to make a multiplication of prices by three.
Le Monde with AFP
Thirty public swimming pools, in Limoges, Granville (Manche) or Versailles in particular, closed their doors, Monday, September 5, the farmer green marine can no longer face the increase in energy prices, She explained on
About 10 % of the 4,000 French public swimming pools are managed by a public service delegation and not directly by the community where it is established. Often heated to gas, swimming pools are very energy -consuming equipment and undergo the rise in prices.
The company Vert Marine had to close “for a temporary period” a third of its establishments and placed “partial unemployment staff”, she said in a press release sent to the France-Presse agency ( AFP).
The energy bill of this public service delegate has increased from “15 million to 100 million euros”, that is “the entire annual turnover of the company”. The company, which has discussions with communities since June has not been able to find a solution at this stage, she added. She says she does not want to make a multiplication of prices by three.
“Return to bearable costs”
It thus calls for “local and government bodies in order to make the necessary and unpublished decisions to return to bearable energy costs and allow to assume public service obligations, and, in the first place, the Learning swimming, especially in schools, “explains Vert Marine, who has 2,000 employees.
Of the 90 swimming pools and skating rinks it manages, certain delegation contracts do not include the cost of energy. Since this summer, several French communities have decided to reduce the time amplitudes of their swimming pool, or even lowered the water temperature to try to decrease an exploding invoice. The trend could continue given the energy crisis.
According to the France Urban Association, which brings together metropolitan and large cities, around 10 % of their members are considering swimming pools this winter. This question of swimming pools and skating rinks is on the menu of the Sports Government Working Group on Energy Sobriety. Last week, the Ministers of Sports and the Energy Transition had stressed:
“Regarding swimming pools and skating rinks, work is carried out in particular with the representatives of these actors [including the Union Sport and Cycle] and the communities to find solutions in order to reduce consumption while preserving the Sports and economic activity. Additional measures will be studied in the event of strong tensions on the networks. “