The State asks EDF to take measures to strengthen the security of electricity supply

The Minister asked EDF to take all relevant measures to strengthen security of supply in the short term, as well as to conduct an independent audit on industrial control and optimization of reactor outages, in order to increase the availability of the fleet. French nuclear medium term.

In a context where RTE recently indicated that security of supply remains under "particular vigilance", in particular in January and February in the event of a significant cold snap and unfavorable conditions on the generation fleet, EDF announced in mid-December shut down or maintain 4 reactors of similar design in order to carry out safety checks. ASN, the nuclear safety gendarme, indicated that this decision was appropriate to the situation. This event will increase vigilance on the security of electricity supply, the forecasts of which will be updated very soon.

The Ministry for the Ecological Transition in fact constantly ensures that all measures are taken to ensure the security of electricity supply and regularly monitors the evolution of the availability of the French electricity fleet, and in particular of the nuclear fleet, taking into account of its share in electricity production. In particular, it reinforced the demand for demand for offers, the volume of which is significantly higher than that of last year, which will make it possible to contribute to security of supply.

Barbara Pompili asked Jean-Bernard Levy to implement all the relevant means to increase the availability of EDF's means of production and also seek to promote the flexibility of its consumer customers.

It also asked the company to conduct an independent audit on the industrial control of reactor outages. A progress report is expected before mid-March. This audit will aim to identify the avenues that would make it possible to optimize reactor outages and their planning, in particular by studying the issues relating to human resources, the availability of critical equipment and engineering resources, and to identify improvements that could be deployed in the coming winters. It will also aim to take into account the best practices implemented in other nuclear parks abroad or in other sensitive maintenance activities.