Electricity: these towns that refuse the new counter Linky – Le Figaro

The national rollout of next generation counter ERDF started in December. This site raises 5 billion euros a sling communities and individuals in particular fear a health hazard.

The anti-Linky s sling extends. Since 1 December 2015, the meter “smart” Linky electricity is gradually installed in French homes by the manager of the electricity network ERDF. It allows the changing of consumption and control energy supply (commissioning, contract change, power …) remotely. By the end of 2021, 35 million meters should be replaced throughout France. A pharaonic site 5 billion.

Linky was “designed to facilitate the lives of customers,” says the company in charge of its deployment. remote services, new offers, reduced consumption and therefore the bill … The sales pitch is well established. But raises an outcry from opponents – more and more – the little yellow box. While some are concerned about their wallets and others to respect for their privacy, many users looking to evaluate a potential health risk associated with the installation of Linky home, particularly because of electromagnetic waves . The National Agency of Environmental Safety (Anses), seized by the authorities to assess the risk, should make a report by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, several associations including Robin des Toits or Priartem-Electrosensitive, defending people with hypersensitivity to the airwaves, calling citizens to refuse Linky, arguing that the law does not explicitly preclude consumers to deny this facility. According to 60 million consumers, “you can, in principle, oppose replacement. But for now, ERDF does not forced passage and does not impose Linky users who refuse. ” For its part, the UFC-Que Choisir recalls that “the meter is not customer property”, but local authorities which grant the ERDF.

Already, several municipal councils have seized the file. In Gironde, the municipal council of Saint-Macaire officially voted the rejection of the installation of Linky, and also Gazpar, his alter ego for the gas which will also soon be deployed. The town of Larnod in Franche-Comté, passed a resolution against the replacement of the meters of the town by the new meters ERDF. Opposition to Linky key throughout France: a group of people of the Crozon peninsula and is pressure on local politicians. Between 300 and 400 people attended a tense public meeting on the issue on Thursday, reports The Telegram . Parents of students in a school associations are also on the frontlines and, according to Ouest-France , wrote to ERDF. The group “Stop Linky Finistère” has also met last Saturday in Lanildut. Tension in Cannes-Ecluse, in Seine-et-Marne, where the installation of 650,000 meters worried residents, according to Le Parisien .

When contacted by the Le Figaro , ERDF Linky said that the project “is highly regulated and has obtained all the necessary authorizations for its deployment.” Consequently, “no local deliberation can not contradict the authorizations obtained by ERDF,” the group argues that ensures want to respond to these refusals cascading through “dialogue and a true field of relationship” with elected officials. With more than 1,000 local offices in France, the group points out that “each of 36,000 mayors in France has the opportunity to contact an interlocutor who will meet with them and answer their questions.” Thus, recently, the Municipal Council of the concerns of Monchy-Cayeux, in the North, were allayed, do we relate to the siege of ERDF. After having declared war, the town finally opened its doors to the Linky meter.