Pension reform: the mode of operation in the energy sector is changing

Target reduction, production reduction, free electricity. Following the strike on Thursday 19 January, the National CGT Federation of Mines and Energy (FNME-CGT) is considering new actions., Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 beyond the renewal of the strike, with the aim of stopping the government on the pension reform project. “There is a lot of thinking about free admission, reduced rates, but also the recovery of everyone who has been cut despite the winter break. Fabrice Coudour, Federal Secretary of the FNME-CGT, specifies. We are trying to shift our initiatives towards more positive acts towards citizens. »

In Marseille, on Tuesday evening, January 24, for example, the CGT caused a sensation when it announced the start of operations aimed at demonstrating to small traders, including bakers, a reduction in electricity bills. “We have the ability to perform technical manipulations to halve the bills of these customers. Confirms Renaud Henry, general secretary of CGT Energy Marseille, without elaborating. Before I add that this may apply to other professions and places in France.

There are indeed discussions this week to spread these manipulations, especially in schools and hospitals. Even if the generalization of link meters – which allow interruption and remote restoration of electricity – complicates interventions. Fearing an expansion of those drastic measures, several government heavyweights stood down on Tuesday. “It’s not CGT that decides prices”, “It is not up to the CGT to lay down the law” But “Parliamentarians”Hammer Bruno Le Maire at the microphone of Europe 1.

The government is moving

Regarding the increase in electricity bills, the Minister of Economy assessed that the energy suppliers have done their part, at the meeting held on Monday, January 23, they accepted the introduction of a guaranteed maximum tariff of an average of 280 euros per megawatt hour. 2023 for very small enterprises (TPE). This tariff will take effect from the January invoice and will be available to VSEs with less than ten employees who have renewed their electricity supply contract from the second half of 2022 and which do not benefit from the regulated sales tariff.

For her part, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, the transition minister for energy, encouraged companies penalized by the cuts, which are judged to be illegal, to file complaints. Well aware of the risks, these trade unionists are for the time being giving up the numbers and locations associated with their actions to avoid detection, especially by the Enedis group.