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20:05 Apr 12, 2018 

There's a lot of argument going on at the moment about the use of this sort of system with the new "Linky" smart meters, which mean that the electricity utility can if they so wish turn off people's home supplies remotely from their control room; of course, the arguably more legitimate purpose of peak load shedding ('délestage' / 'écrêtage') cannot be denied.
But I think that's why it's important to make clear and even emphasize the fact that this system allows them to remotely turn off someone else's equipment.

17:03 Apr 12, 2018 

Les fournisseurs d'électricité peuvent se servir du signal provenant du réseau pour allumer et éteindre la demande en électricité des clients (industriels?) durant les périodes de consommation de pointe.