In France, a plan by electricity distributor Enedis includes potential power cuts of up to two hours in a worst-case scenario, two sources familiar with the matter said. The general blackouts would affect only parts of the country on a rotating basis. Essential services such as hospitals, police, and government will not be impacted, the sources said. The French government, telecoms operators, and Enedis, a unit of state-controlled utility EDF (EDF.PA), have held talks on the issue over the summer, the French government and the sources said. The French Federation of Telecoms (FFT), a lobby group representing Orange (ORAN.PA), Bouygues Telecom (BOUY.PA), and Altice's SFR, put the spotlight on Enedis for being unable to exempt antennas from the power cuts. Enedis declined to comment on the content of the talks held with the government on the matter. Enedis said in a statement to Reuters all regular customers were treated on an equal footing in the event of exceptional outages.