French utility EDF, which is majority owned by the state, used a Twitter account to deny a media allegation that it secretly intended to roll back the country's nuclear power reduction plan by 25 years.
EDF's statement said it denied the “malicious rumor about the existence of a secret plan which sets back the 50 percent nuclear target to 2050.” The country's plan is to reduce nuclear power as a percentage of its energy mix from about 75 percent to 50 percent by 2025.
EDF also said it would work with the new government to ensure the transition would take place. France intends to replace most of the lost electricity generation with renewable sources.