The National Federation of Energy (French: Fédération nationale de l'énergie, FNE-CGT) was a trade union representing workers in the energy industry, in France.
The union was founded in 1905 as the National Federation of Lighting Workers, affiliated to the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and mostly represented gas workers.
[1] In 1919, it was joined by various unions representing electrical workers, which had previously been part of the National Federation of Metalworkers, and was renamed the National Federation of Lighting and Motive Force Workers'.
The legal wing was largely supportive of the Vichy government until 1943, enabling a reunification in September 1944, largely on the terms of the underground wing.
In 1946, the union played an important role in the campaign for the nationalisation of the electricity and gas industries.