Orange with Media Services, published on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 2:29 p.m.
The group’s channels will display green, orange or red dots, indicating in real time the level of electricity available in the country.
The French will soon be able to follow the energy situation of the country on France Télévisions, which undertook on Friday September 23 to raise awareness among the French about the actions to be taken to avoid power cuts this winter, by relaying in particular Ecowatt, the weather electricity, on its antennas.
The president of the public audiovisual group, Delphine Ernotte, and her counterpart of RTE (Electricity transport network), manager of high and very high voltage lines, Xavier Piechaczyk, signed an “unprecedented partnership” on Friday in this direction.
France Télé will thus display on its antennas, when the time comes, pictograms designed as part of the Ecowatt system, which allows users to see in real time the level of electricity available in the country thanks to a signal in three colors: green (normal), orange (tense), and red (very tense, synonymous with inevitable cuts if nothing is done to lower consumption).
In concrete terms, viewers will be invited to modify their habits according to the pictogram on the screen, the red one having to push them to moderate their consumption during the peaks, between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. and between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. If it is not necessary to turn off your TV, not the most energy-intensive, “you can, for example, start your washing machine at 10 p.m. rather than at 7 p.m.”, explains Delphine Ernotte to theAFP. You can also postpone the cooking of your “zucchini gratin” from 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., abounds Xavier Piechaczyk, recalling that heating and cooking are very energy-intensive.
So many gestures to which the public of France TV will be made aware, i.e. “4 out of 5 French people each week”, in particular during information programs or “weather and climate” bulletins, according to Delphine Ernotte, who claims a public service mission.
It is not a question of “putting France on hold”, only to “be careful when necessary”, insists Xavier Piechaczyk, who hopes to “save at least 5% of electricity in the evening at 7 p.m.”. For France TV, this initiative is part of a broader “environmental shift” to respond to the “climate emergency”with in particular the creation of a “climate team” among journalists or the “regular relocation” of 13H of France 2 to places hit by the crisis…
The group also undertakes to respect various internal energy sobriety measures, such as switching off the lights in all its buildings from 9:30 p.m., and to work with production companies that meet certain criteria, particularly in terms of carbon footprint.