[johnchristopher]

France has a plan and that plan has multiple steps and phases and the last one involves some electricity blackouts for citizens but it's the very last step. So far.

France has the capability to selectively cut off some neighborhood from the grid and they plan to do 2 hours rotations if need arises.

I don't know if they are going so far as moving people out of their house to gather them in a larger building that is easier to heat.

Quite frankly, I don't expect to hear about the real plans before mid-october.

[kyriakos]

Never understood rationing. If electricity is cut off for 2 hours won't residents use double the electricity in the following 2 hours after supply is restored? For example I won't run the wash during the cut off time but I will most definitely do after it's reconnected.

[wizofaus]

If it were a once-off incident like that, perhaps, but if everyone knew they'd only get, say, 8 hours electricity a day over several weeks, I don't doubt they'd use less than having it available 24 hours a day.

[johnchristopher]

I think the reason is also to optimize load on the grid to prevent losses.

[orwin]

If we have a mild winter, rolling blackouts won't be necessary.

I know the government reached some industrials which were usually left off energy offset plans (basically processing factories), so this might be serious, but honestly, people heating with electricity should be fine.