A nationwide strike against pension reform in France led to a substantial fall in electricity output and halted deliveries from refineries operated by TotalEnergies and Esso on Thursday.
EDF and grid operator RTE data showed electricity production was down by 7.8 Gigawatts , roughly 12% of total power supply, which they said was due to the strike, prompting France to raise its imports from Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain.outage table showed a 4.5 GW nuclear supply reduction at eight reactors, 460 megawatts of reduced hydropower and 2.8 GW of lower thermal production.
French grid operator RTE told Reuters it had requested unions end production cuts from all energy sources at 0530 GMT. The request is usually withdrawn after morning peak consumption, RTE added. The CGT union expects that at least 70% of its refinery sector employees at TotalEnergies' four refining sites have joined the strike inplan to raise the retirement age by two years to 64, a CGT representative said.
A debate on the renewal of the refinery strike is not expected today but will be proposed down the line, the union representative said.
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