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France unveiled its energy saving plan on Thursday which aims to reduce energy consumption by 10% by 2024. <\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the plan has no binding measures, which runs in contradiction with a new regulation adopted by EU countries a week ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe watchword is clear: general mobilisation,\u201d energy transition minister Agn\u00e8s Pannier-Runacher said at a press conference announcing the plan.<\/p>\n

The measures are the result of four months of discussion, following prime minister \u00c9lisabeth Borne\u2019s June announcement of an energy saving programme for each sector of the French economy in response to the energy crisis and vulnerabilities in the national electricity network.<\/p>\n

To reduce energy consumption by 10% in two years, the government has slated 15 key measures, from reducing heating to a maximum of 19C (66F) in offices to encouraging people to carpool.<\/p>\n

The plan also includes specific measures for each of the nine economic and social sectors targeted: the state, companies and labour organisations, establishments open to the public and supermarkets, industry, accommodation, transport, digital and telecommunications, sport, and local authorities.<\/p>\n

Additionally, private individuals will be advised to practice \u201ceco gestures\u201d, from reducing shower time to switching off household appliances when they are on standby for too long.<\/p>\n

For the prime minister, it is a matter of acting \u201con the whole range of energy savings\u201d.<\/p>\n

No binding measures<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the government insists on the particular need to reduce energy consumption during peak hours \u2013 between 8am and noon and between 6-8pm \u2013 it does not set binding targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will not be such thing as a temperature police,\u201d Pannier-Runacher told local radio RTL on Thursday.<\/p>\n

However, in its roadmap presented on 14 September, the EU Commission laid out a binding target of a 5% reduction in electricity consumption during peak hours. And in July, EU member states also agreed to a 15% reduction in gas consumption following Russia\u2019s military aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The electricity demand reduction target was formally adopted on Thursday evening after a political agreement was reached last Friday among the EU\u2019s 27 energy ministers. And although member states will remain free to choose the appropriate means of enforcement, the 5% objective is legally-binding.<\/p>\n

Only Malta and Cyprus have been exempted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not on track\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Pannier-Runacher argued on RTL that high energy prices would provide the impetus for companies and households to act, Thierry Bros, a professor of energy at Science-Po Paris was less optimistic.<\/p>\n

Bros told Euractiv that despite high prices, TotalEnergies\u2019 service stations had still seen a rush of customers, both accelerating tensions in supply and maintaining levels of consumption.<\/p>\n

Energy-saving measures tend to be unpopular, he explained, especially if the reduction is to be maintained over two years. A 10% reduction in primary energy consumption would be equivalent to the drop in consumption seen during the Covid-19 lockdowns when the economy was slowing down.<\/p>\n

Bros also pointed out that France\u2019s rate of reducing consumption has been 1% annually over the last ten years. If France intends to reach the targets it has set itself, \u201cwe will have to go five times faster over the next two years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not on track,”\u00a0 said the professor, concluding that without binding measures, meeting the 10% objective \u201cis not possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the government, the package of measures should nevertheless reduce consumption by around 50 terawatt hours (TWh) per year.<\/p>\n

This is also a first step towards carbon neutrality, which will require a 40% reduction in energy consumption by 2050, Pannier-Runacher said on RTL.<\/p>\n

The government, moreover, insists that measures will not have a negative effect on the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnergy saving does not mean [\u2026] choosing to reduce production\u201d, Borne said at the press conference.<\/p>\n

This article was first published in Euractiv<\/a>. 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