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Un printemps arabe pour la corporatisation ? La Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (STEG)

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  • Ali Bennasr

    (SYFACTE - Système d’Informations Formations, Aménagement, Cartographie, Télédétection et Environnement - FLSHS - Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Sfax - Université de Sfax - University of Sfax)

  • Éric Verdeil

    (EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon - Université de Lyon - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - ENSAL - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - ALLHiS - Approches Littéraires, Linguistiques et Historiques des Sources - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne)

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STEG, the Tunisian public company for electricity and gas, has been created in 1962 and has since operated as a major state tool for national integration and social and economic development. Rural and urban electrification is among its main achievements. Since the 1990's, the company has followed a more commercial-oriented approach, with the aim that tariff reflect the full production cost and to prevent the growth of the manpower. Such a contractualization policy with the state can be regarded as a corporatization policy. With the Tunisian revolution in 2011, this policy is being challenged. On the one hand, STEG has hired numerous new employees ; on the other hand, it is under financial pressure due to non-payment and agressions. The energy transition toward renewable energy, and pressures from international money funders, push for a liberalization of the electricity sector at a time where increasing energy demand makes strong investments necessary. STEG is a turning of its history.

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  • Ali Bennasr & Éric Verdeil, 2014. "Un printemps arabe pour la corporatisation ? La Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (STEG)," Post-Print halshs-01075947, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01075947
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    électricité; corporatisation; privatisation; énergie; services urbains; services publics; développement; Tunisie;
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