E. ON supports a proposal to allow alternative operators to finance the extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactors of EDF in becoming shareholders, "said President of the French subsidiary of German energy company.
In an interview published in Les Echos Friday, Luc Poyer also felt that the French nuclear industry was willing to be "more open".
Under the draft law on reorganization of French electricity market (Name), the UMP Ladislas Poniatowski is to propose an alternative to the proposed mechanism that would develop the industrial holdings of alternative suppliers or manufacturers large consumers of electricity in nuclear power plants of EDF.
Bill Nome, adopted in mid-June by MEPs on first reading and which should be discussed in late September in the Senate, currently provides that the electrician French public will give up to 25% of nuclear generation to its competitors.
"If we invest 500 million euros to extend the lifetime of a reactor, a part of this investment could be realized by an actor who would have the technical and economic expertise. In exchange, it would own rights Drawing, "said Luc Poyer.
"E. ON would be very interested. But this should be clearly enshrined in the law. Otherwise, the incumbent may be in a position of excessive force to negotiate," he added.
The investment to extend the lifetime of a nuclear reactor is estimated between 400 and 600 million euros.Henri Proglio, the CEO of EDF, had forecast in May before the House that 600 million per reactor in twenty years were required to renew and maintain the park, totaling 35 billion euros.
"It is (…) that the team of France agrees to be more open. We must apply the approach of the founders of Europe and establish a de facto solidarity", said Luc Poyer.
The chief executive of E. ON France did not, however, indications that the involvement would take the German group in the future EPR Penly.