The rise of tensions then the breakup of the war in Ukraine caused a major energy crisis in Europe, recalling the bad days of oil shocks of the 1970s. In France, this situation has doubled a unfortunate chance calendar, since about half of the electrical park will have been unavailable this year for various maintenance reasons, more or less anticipable.
Households and companies in France and Europe therefore find themselves in the grip of sudden inflation of energy prices and in the face of a serious risk of shortage at the turn of this winter. If nothing is done, current anticipations even raise fears of a new flight in 2023 compared to 2022.
at the worst time
In this tense context, the operation of the European electricity market was very quickly designated as a particularly heavy burden for French companies and households, forcing them in a way to share with their neighbors the merits of nuclear – of which French users have supported investment for many years -, and above all to take an undeserved part in the tribute that now represents in Europe the price of gas, and electricity made from gas.
The temptation became great, in the press as in the assembly, to offer an exit from the European electricity market. However, as shown in a to appear in November, the facts do not argue for such a radical decision; Rather, they invite to depth reform of the European electricity market.
Indeed, the flight of the energy bill for French industrialists in 2022 will have raised half of domestic problems and in particular the unavailability of the nuclear fleet. Let’s say it frankly: households and businesses would have gone well from this particularism falling at the worst moment, and that it was probably possible to avoid. Without the possibility of importing electricity from our neighbors, the situation would have been even more penalizing.
Especially since the doubling of the energy bill of industrial companies observed in one year – which is considerable – is not linked to the interconnection of European markets. This interconnection is even rather an asset, both a source of resilience in the event of a shortage and an export deposit in the best days, that it would be badly advised to question.
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