The strike movement by EDF agents which began on Sunday in Guadeloupe left 46.000 homes without electricity on the evening of Tuesday 17 September due to "a deficit in electricity production", EDF Guadeloupe said in a press release.
"The electrical system is experiencing a production deficit, particularly due to the unavailability of eight engines at the Pointe Jarry power station," the company said in a press release.
For two days, a strike has been going on between EDF Production Electrique Insulaire (PEI) employees - which produces nearly 70% of the electricity in Guadeloupe via a diesel power station - and their management.
The cause is "persistent situations that do not comply with the end-of-conflict protocol" signed in February 2023, after a 61-day strike, recalled FE-CGTG union delegate Nathanael Verin in the strike notice sent in August.
Negotiations are currently taking place under the leadership of the Labor Department.
"In order to avoid a widespread incident, rolling blackouts in two-hour increments are underway," announced EDF, which is also calling for "limiting consumption," specifying that it is using "all available sources of production."
Guadeloupe, a non-interconnected area, produces its electricity via several sources: diesel thermal power station (68,6% of production) the rest coming from renewable energies (biomass, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, hydraulic, etc.), the production of which is not sufficient to balance the supply and demand for electricity on the archipelago.
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