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Electricity: A confidential EDF report anticipates an explosion in costs and risks.

Le Point has obtained EDF’s internal report on the consequences of adjusting its nuclear power plant fleet to make room for renewables. This explosive document comes as the government prepares to publish its Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE).

Géraldine Woessner, Editor-in-Chief of the Society Department.

They marched to Matignon this Friday, February 6 – wind power unions, solar power unions, network managers, representatives of the nuclear industry – “in an electric atmosphere, no pun intended,” a counselor whispered.

With the budget finally passed, the government intends to publish 
its 3rd Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE 3) by the end of next week , a strategic document setting out the country’s energy roadmap until 2035. A storm is guaranteed, as the text, delayed by two and a half years, has been the subject of intense – and sometimes outrageous – lobbying by the industries concerned for months, against a backdrop of strong budgetary constraints and falling electricity consumption.

Le Point 7th Feb 2026, https://www.lepoint.fr/economie/electricite-un-rapport-confidentiel-dedf-anticipe-une-explosion-des-couts-et-des-risques-4G7YLSKDKBD7VOCDY66CHASSVQ/

February 10, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, France