Question 19045 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Stéphane Peu alerts the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the worrying situation in which Corsica's energy sector finds itself placed with the questioning of the future Vazzio power station, the uncertainties over LPG and the disengagement of Engie. This disengagement is confirmed by the statements of Ms. Virginie Schwartz, director of energy at the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, who announced the departure of Engie from Corsica and the disappearance of LPG by 2030. These announcements, confirmed by Ms. Josiane Chevalier, prefect of Corsica, fuel the concerns of the 85 agents under statute as well as the 400 external employees concerned. They are also very worrying for users, particularly many low-income families. Indeed, this structurally loss-making operation is, in the current framework, covered by the tariff equalization. Thus the departure of the historic operator and the arrival of low-cost operators, on the “town gas” networks of Ajaccio and Bastia, would lead, without financial compensation, to price increases. The setback on the Vazzio power station renewal project is another very worrying illustration of this disengagement. The current Vazzio power plant will be shut down in 2023. This unavoidable deadline implies its replacement by a natural gas unit in accordance with the 2016 government decree and the choices contractualized by EDF, the CdC and the State with the PPE. The delay now increases the risk of electrical outages comparable to those of the 27 days of blackout in 2005. The current procrastination on the dimensioning of the project jeopardizes its completion. In the same way, the recent about-face on the draft gas pipeline demonstrates that the investments to be made are not sized based on the needs as they are expressed but based on purely financial logic aimed at achieving a saving of 800 million out of the budget of 1.6 billion planned. This is how the future and the security of Corsica's public energy service would be sacrificed on the altar of austerity and short-term liberal logic. He wants to know its intentions to: guarantee the maintenance of the historic operator Engie for the operation of the Bastia and Ajaccio gas networks; confirm the Ajaccio combined cycle power plant project with a power of 250 MW; build the gas pipeline and the supply barge for the Lucciana and Ajaccio power stations located off the eastern coast.

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