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by sicetaitsimple » 14/04/19, 22:14

Collective release?

First of all and to be very clear, the status quo would suit me perfectly and even the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) could be brought back under the control of EDF rather than Engie.

That said, maybe we should stop delusional.

1. the subject of the opening up to competition of hydraulic concessions has been open for more than 10 years, successive governments have found very nice touches, the current government is recovering the baby and must manage it, no need to say that it is a Macron problem, that's wrong.

2.To talk about "privatization of dams" is just not knowing what a concession is. There is no transfer of ownership, but the right to operate and the obligation to maintain a work while of course drawing income related to this operator's profession. This is the case today for EDF and Engie mainly.

3. Everything therefore depends on the specifications of the concession (particularly in terms of "complementary" services, such as irrigation, tourism, etc.) but this should in the event of a competition be the same for everyone.

4. In short, if it has to happen before the end of the five-year term, EDF and Engie will be the most competitive.

As for the "multiplication by 10" of the peak tariffs which would be linked to this change, it would be good to justify it by a few arguments.
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by moinsdewatt » 14/04/19, 22:36

Christophe wrote:We must believe that Yellow Vests are not necessarily completely wrong ... want to release this government ...


This story of the privatization of dams dates from before the Macron presidency.

In November 2015

TRADE UNIONS PROTEST AGAINST PRIVATIZATION OF DAMS
Fri 6 Nov 2015

For several years, the privatization of the French hydroelectric park has been demanded by the European Union. Faced with the Commission's insistence, the CGT Mines-Energie wants to defend the country's leading source of renewable energy.

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https://lenergeek.com/2015/11/06/les-sy ... -barrages/
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by sicetaitsimple » 14/04/19, 23:06

moinsdewatt wrote:This story of the privatization of dams dates from before the Macron presidency.

I was talking about over 10 years ago.

Decree 2008-1009 of September 2008 article 1:

"The hydraulic power concessions governed by the law of October 16, 1919 are subject to a procedure governed by articles 38, 40 and 40-1 of the law of January 29, 1993 and the decree of March 24, 1993, as well. that by article 2 and titles II and III of this decree, which aims to choose the delegatee best able to guarantee the energy efficiency of the operation of the waterfall, the respect of the interests mentioned in l Article L. 211-1 of the Environment Code and the best economic and financial conditions for the grantor. "

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by moinsdewatt » 26/04/19, 22:40

Hydroelectric dams: the opening to competition is invited in the countryside

AFP published the 26 Apr 2019

The thorny issue of the opening to competition of French hydroelectric dams, pushed by Brussels, has dragged on for years but suddenly experienced a great revival of interest before the European elections.

The European Commission had given notice to France, in 2015, to open up its hydroelectric concessions to competition, deeming EDF in a dominant position. On March 7, it sent a new letter of formal notice to France and other countries.

100% State-owned, dams are currently conceded for the most part to EDF, which owns around 80% of the installed capacity, and to Engie via its stakes in CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) and SHEM ( Midi hydroelectric company).

The stakes are high: hydraulics represented 12,4% of electricity production in France last year - a very good vintage thanks to the abundant rains. This makes it by far the first renewable energy, which can also be stored.

This symbolic long-term dossier was invited into the campaign before the European elections on May 26.

The president of Debout la France (DLF) Nicolas Dupont-Aignan went this week to a dam in Corrèze. "After airports and highways, the looting of French public property continues with hydroelectric dams", protested the sovereignist candidate.

Yannick Jadot, head of the Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) list, also denounced a "privatization of dams", regretting a "French exception", "which is not to have defended the control by the State and the citizens of its main source of renewable energy ".

- "guarantees" -

In early April, more than a hundred deputies had already asked the government to oppose the opening to competition, in the midst of a debate on the privatization of Aéroports de Paris. A very ecumenical resolution since it was signed by elected PCF, PS, LFI, LR ... but also LREM, like Cédric Villani.

It rejected as "dangerous and irrational the opening to competition of this strategic sector in economic, social and environmental terms, which leans on a heritage funded for a long time by the French and preserved in excellent condition". The incumbent operators "are the only ones today to offer sufficient guarantees in terms of security risk management, support for the economy and employment and effective consideration of the diversity of uses of water resources. ".

Dams also play an important regulatory role for agriculture, tourism and the environment.

The Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, François de Rugy, however, spoke out against the status quo. "The fact that, for years, nothing has been renewed, nothing invested, has been very harmful to the operation of our dams," he replied at the beginning of April during a debate in the Assembly.

"We could go up to 15% of electricity of hydraulic origin if there were better management of the dams. This supposes investments. The principle of the concession is that whoever obtains it invests", he argued.

As for the call for competition for the renewal of concessions, "we will do things in an orderly fashion and respecting French and European law".

- "emotional" -

EDF, which is waiting to learn more before making major investments, asks for its part to be treated in a "fair" manner, in particular by being authorized to apply for the renewal of all its concessions.

Companies interested in opening up (the French Total, the Swedish Vattenfall, the Finnish Fortum ...) want their side to put their arguments forward. "We are purely in the emotional", in the positions taken against the opening, regrets Benjamin Thibault, the director of Fortum in France.

He underlines the important investments to be made on the dams but also the system of charges which would be put in place - different from what is done for the motorways. "The state and local communities will recover a very important part of the income and therefore they will be associated with performance," he says.

For the moment, however, there is no indication that an outcome is imminent. "The government is continuing discussions with the European Commission", indicates laconically the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

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by GuyGadebois » 24/07/19, 20:31

I'm not telling you what it costs me to say that, but I still preferred Sarko .... What a nightmare!
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