It was the prefect of Aveyron who announced the end of the contract which linked the operator of the micro hydraulic power plant to EDF.
A delegation from the “Ranimons la Cascade” association was recently received by the prefect. He provided information which was made public this Thursday, May 16: the Salles-la-Source hydroelectric company saw its buyout contract with EDF terminated.
Explanations given by the association: “We would like to express our sincere thanks to Charles Giusti, prefect of Aveyron, for the decisions he has just taken. They put an end to a shocking practice by the manager of the company which operates the Salles-la-Source micropower plant The latter, after having contractually committed to making investments intended to improve environmental protection by doubling the price of the kilowatt sold to EDF, received this windfall for years without making any investments. But the association says “aware that the game is far from won”.
She asks representatives of the administration to “continue the momentum of prefect Giusti”. And in particular to settle the end of the concession, which expired in 2006, for the micropower plant.
“Since this date, the installations have returned to the State and it is absurd that the manager was able to continue to use them without compensation. We are committed to the use of soft energies. But this should not be a pretext for the violation of republican laws, no more than reaching a major geological site.”
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