The Covid- 19 health crisis and the emergency measures introduced by public authorities on 17 March 2020 led to a decline in electricity consumption by non- residential clients, impacting all market players, including EDF... Confirming the deliberation of the French Energy Regulation Committee 's (CRE) of 26 March, the French Council of State rejected on 17 April an appeal filed by two energy supplier associations stating that it did not believe that the losses incurred by the energy suppliers were" such that they would jeopardise (...)the survival of the businesses on a few-month horizon and that the losses would have such an impact during the timeframe required by the competent judge to make a ruling on the claim".