Hinkley Point: The CEO of EDF suing Southern Union Energy – Le Figaro

Accused by the lie of the union on the draft central nucélaire, Jean-Bernard Levy response. EDF states that it and its CEO will continue in the same way “anyone peddling against such truths.”

EDF in reserved the right, it is now official. Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO of EDF, will sue the union Sud Energie, which accused him of lying in the Hinkley Point project, the company said. On August 5, South Energy “improperly claimed that [Jean-Bernard Lévy] lied to reporters saying he did not know when the board of directors, the intention of the British government to conduct a reconsideration of the Hinkley Point project, “wrote EDF.

on 28 July, the Board of Directors of EDF voted by a narrow majority in favor of the project started two reactors construction of new generation in the UK. But hours later, London announced that it intended to take a decision at the beginning of autumn. According to several sources, the directors were not informed hesitations London at the board, and some felt afterwards that they should have been.

“The only thing known on July 28 before the press the British government was postponing the signature”

In a letter August 2 sent to directors and obtained by Reuters , Jean-Bernard Lévy admits he knew before the meeting of the Board of Directors on July 28 that “given its very recent arrival” the British Prime Minister Theresa May “required a little more time, without jeopardizing the interests of the project.” “We had no warning on the bottom, and we never knew existed and the content of the press release of the British government,” he added. Yet he had said July 29 not to be informed, at the time of the council, that the British government wanted to “reflect further”.

In a statement, EDF defends and explains that “at the moment the company’s Board of Directors was held, EDF and its president had no knowledge of the will of the British government to conduct a further review of Hinkley Point ‘project. “The only known item on July 28 before the press the British government was the postponement of the originally envisaged signing Friday, July 29. Now this may date of signature, which was not confirmed, had been, therefore, communicated neither administrators nor the market: the deferral therefore did not require any amendment information, “explains the group in a statement. The compangie has also welcomed the release on Friday by the High Court of Paris of the application for suspension of the final investment decision.