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Amanda Morrow

French businesses put on notice as threat of power rationing looms

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne delivers a speech during the Medef summer conference at the Hippodrome de Longchamp racetrack in Paris on August 29, 2022. AFP - ERIC PIERMONT

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday told French companies to get “energy sober”, warning that businesses – not households – would be the first affected by potential electricity rationing ahead of the winter.

In an eagerly awaited speech to business leaders at a Meeting of Entrepreneurs of France (Medef) event in Paris, Borne instructed companies to start making plans for power savings before October.

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