Public debate on energy multi-year programming from the 19 March to the 30 June 2018. Report by the Chairman of the Public Debate Specific Commission

After a presentation of some key figures characterising the organisation and process of the public debate launched by the French government on the Energy Multi-Year Programming (PPE), a first document describes the debate process and context (recall of the PPE, role of the public debate, preliminary meetings, limited means for the public debate, fruitful initiatives of the Commission, lessons learned from technical work groups, documentation published by interest groups, disputes about the Commission). Results are then discussed by describing how the law on energy transition is facing difficulties for its application, and how the law and associated authorities (ADEME, Ministry) have been disputed, and by outlining that, while suggesting improvement, the public kept on giving importance to the compromise present within the law. Recommendations are then made to the Ministry. Then, about two hundred documents are proposed, each one being a 'cahier d'acteur' (actor leaflet) published by the Commission, each issue being written by an actor involved in the energy sector (industrial actor, environmental association, and so on) and giving its opinion and propositions regarding the energy issue.