(Illustration) The EDF logo. – AFP
The regulated tariffs of
Electricity is expected to rise 2.4% soon for individuals and small professionals, we learned on Monday from concordant sources.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has proposed this 2.4% tax increase “for blue residential tariffs” as well as “for blue tariffs applicable to eligible professional consumers”, according to a draft decision sent for opinion to the Higher Energy Council (CSE) and consulted by AFP.
21 euros extra per year on average
The increase is scheduled to take effect on February 1 if the government – which has three months to implement it – chooses to implement it immediately. “This increase represents 21 euros per year on average on the bill of a residential consumer,” said the text.
The rise in electricity prices reflects in particular “the increase in the cost of supply” on the markets, but also “the taking into account of the two-year catch-up of the difference between costs and prices during the financial year 2019 ”.
An application by summer?
Last year, in the midst of the “yellow vests” crisis, the government had indeed delayed and frozen prices during the winter. The sharp increase of 5.9%
proposed by CRE in February 2019 had only been applied on June 1.
Regulated sales prices (TRV) are offered by EDF, the historical player in the sector, as well as by local distribution companies in certain regions.
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