While some countries are already taking measures to save gas and electricity, others take their time, or even show themselves reluctant to follow this path.
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Some already have their cut off (Poland, Bulgaria, Finland), others have seen their deliveries fairly reduced (Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Bay countries …). Now living to the rhythm of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the delivery of gas, the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) agreed, on July 26, on a level aimed at reducing their 15 % Gas consumption until March 2023. A commitment which involves, in particular, through savings measures. That the member states, according to the degree of emergency and their political conviction, do not however set up with the same going.
- of existing laws but not applied in France
- General mobilization in Germany
Announced, at the end of June, in France, by Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, and by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister of Energy Transition, the idea of an “energy sobriety plan” was confirmed by the President, Emmanuel Macron, during his interview with July 14. Since then, the sobriety, a concept previously relegated to the second rank by the executive, to the chagrin of the promoters of the fight against climate change, has become the watchword of the start of the school year. With an objective, that of reducing energy consumption by 10 % in France within two years compared to that of 2019. To achieve this, working groups around several sectors of activity (housing, communities Territorial, digital, sport, etc.) were launched by the government. Each having been invited to make an “action plan”, at the end of September.
In the meantime, it would already be enough to apply measures existing in the energy code to achieve substantial savings, recalled the Terra Nova reflection group, in a report published Tuesday, August 23. However, most businesses, for example, were not aware of the fact that the air conditioning could only be triggered if the temperature of the building was greater than 26 ° C. And that, for heating, it must be less than 19 degrees. In order to remedy this, the executive tables on the “imminent” publication of several decrees in order to allow mayors to take sanctions when the law is not respected.
Faced with an increased risk of gas shortage from fall, Germany has embarked on a gigantic “Gaspi hunt”. According to calculations by the Ministry of the Economy, a 20 % reduction in gas consumption is necessary. A considerable challenge, which implies a “national effort” and “close cooperation at all levels”, repeats Minister Robert Habeck, who published, Wednesday, August 24, a series of compulsory measures.
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