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A body representing EDF employees on the company’s board has made a last ditch effort to delay a final investment decision on Hinkley Point C, the Times has reported.
The Central Works Council has requested an injunction to prevent the board from holding a meeting on Thursday, during which a decision is expected to be made.
The council’s lawyers will attempt to have any decision on the £18 billion nuclear plant in Somerset struck down at a court hearing in Paris on 2 August. It is on the basis that EDF should not be allowed to make decision until separate legal proceedings, which the council started in September, reach a conclusion.
EDF was threatened with legal action by the council in April, if it didn’t consult its employees over the project. A consultation was launched by the company on 2 May, and towards the end of June the council reportedly filed a legal claim to get it extended. It said EDF had failed to provide the information needed to make an informed opinion on whether the project should go ahead.
The consultation concluded on 4 July with a meeting of the council, during which representatives from three of the four unions with seats on EDF’s board supported a resolution stating that they are “not in a position to give their opinion about the project”.
The final investment decision on Hinkley could still “go either way”, a utilities analyst told Utility Week on Monday.
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