According to Enedis, the power cuts in previous months in the hamlet of Hautes-Alpes were caused by work or even bad weather.
It is a veritable hell that the high-Alpine inhabitants of the hamlet of Bas Pré Sabens, in Châteauroux-les-Alpes, live in. For several months, they have been subject to frequent, random power outages.
They are angry and feel abandoned, the situation weighing heavily on their daily lives and their morale.
“September 13, also the 14th, I remember it very well…”, Fanny Barbet tells BFM DICI, listing the days when the inhabitants of the hamlet of Bas Pré Sabens were deprived of electricity.
“We went to sleep at the hotel”
Since September, local residents have suffered power cuts for seven different days. A situation that weighs on daily life, especially with the arrival of freezing winter temperatures, sometimes even forcing some to leave their homes temporarily.
“When it’s 11 degrees in your house and you’ve spent the day in the cold, it’s complicated with our children,” regrets Fanny. “We had to pack our bags to sleep in the hotel for three nights because the temperature was so low.”
The power outage that lasted the longest was on November 20. The inhabitants of the hamlet no longer had access to electricity for almost 24 hours.
“We warmed up at our neighbors’ house who have a wood fireplace,” says Cindy. “Everything in our house is electric, so if we don’t have power, we can’t do anything,” she continues.
Enedis apologizes
Faced with the seriousness of these situations, residents tried to alert the town hall, but these alerts went unanswered.
“If the town hall doesn’t offer us a room to warm up, a hot drink or even just the interest to come and see what’s going on here, it’s negligence,” says Anita, a retiree. living in the hamlet of Hautes-Alpes.
Contacted by BFM DICI, the company Enedis admits that outages linked to work took place in March and April 2024 for maintenance and pruning work. The company says the September and November outages were caused by weather damage.
Faced with these repeated outages, Enedis apologizes to residents for the inconvenience caused. The fact remains that for Fanny, manager of a beauty institute, these repeated cuts have had repercussions on her turnover.
The forty-year-old was sometimes forced to cancel clients, sometimes even at the last minute. She is therefore seeking compensation. “I believe I have suffered moral damage. It has affected me and my family, and I am seeking compensation,” she says.
