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Faced with the cold wave affecting the country, the French are called upon to limit their electricity consumption on the morning of Monday April 4, between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. RTE, the electricity network manager, wants the French to take simple steps to reduce their consumption.
In Toulouse (Upper Garonne)the wine merchant Valérie Lecomte has of course the advice to save electricity: on the morning of Monday, April 4, she will turn off the light on the first floor of her shop, because few customers venture there at the beginning of the week. Like her, many downtown merchants have decided to moderate their consumption, for example by turning off the windows during the day.
To cope with the cold wave that is hitting the country, RTE, the electricity network manager, is calling on the French to limit their electricity consumption on the morning of Monday April 4, between 7am and 10am. At the Reims market (Marl)the inhabitants met on the morning of Sunday April 3 say they too are ready to change their habits. “We turned off the heaters and we are not going to turn them back on. The beautiful days are coming, it’s useless”testifies a resident.
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