The nuclear power plants of Saint-Alban (Isère), Paluel (Seine-Maritime), Tricastin (Drôme), Flamanville (Manche), Gravelines (North) and the thermal power plant of Martigues have cut electricity production by just over 3,000 MW on the night of Wednesday February 15 to Thursday February 16, we learned from the CGT and EDF. This operation, which did not cause any power cuts, is part of the strike movement by EDF agents against the pension reform.
"We demonstrated that we could be everywhere and therefore we are ready for France at a standstill" and the national day of action on March 7, Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the branch, told AFP. CGT energy. The strikers, who had made many hydroelectric power stations unavailable for the network on Wednesday, up to 4,000 MW according to the CGT, lifted most of the pickets in the evening. "We are not yet in the holding of strike pickets twenty-four hours a day," said Mr. Coudour.
The action at the Grand'Maison dam (Isère), the most powerful power plant in France (1,800 MW), was however still in progress on Thursday morning and was to continue throughout the day, according to the CGT. At the Cheylas power station (Isère), the strikers "not only cut production but they turned the power station on pump during rush hour", and therefore caused electricity consumption, said the trade unionist.
On the gas side, six storage sites were the scene of filtering dams on Thursday from the strikers of Storengy, a subsidiary of Engie, in particular the very large storage of Gournay-sur-Aronde (Oise), which serves the entire Hauts- de-France and to which the strikers denied access to companies and service providers responsible for maintenance operations.
Actions of this type were also carried out in the storage sites of Chémery (Loir-et-Cher), Céré-la-Ronde (Indre-et-Loire), Saint-Illiers-la-Ville, Beynes (Yvelines) and Saint -Clair-sur-Epte (Val-d'Oise), according to the CGT.
