The UFC-Que Choisir denounced, this Thursday, May 20, a exploding bills
electricity and demanded a moratorium on EDF restructuring project, which the association fears will lead to further price increases.
According to his calculations, the regulated sales tariff (TRV) for electricity has increased by nearly 50% in ten years.
A bill up 50% in ten years
An average household heated by electricity at TRV will have seen their electricity bill drop from € 1,019 to € 1,522 between 2010 and 2020
, estimates the association for the defense of consumers.
However, it is not only taxation or the increase in transport and distribution costs that are to blame.
It is the very organization of the electricity market that is responsible for this increase.
, judges the UFC-Que Choisir.
She cites in particular the mechanism by which EDF is forced to sell part of its electricity nuclear to its competitors, baptized Arenh (regulated access to historic nuclear energy
).
This mechanism, much criticized by EDF which is forced to sell its electricity at low prices, is capped. It represents a small third of EDF’s production.
The rationing of the quantity of electricity thus available pushed the prices of both the TRV and the market offers to increase artificially, and very concretely hit consumers.
, estimates the association.
The effect is direct, whether for consumers using alternative suppliers (who increase their prices because they cannot buy enough cheap nuclear electricity) and for EDF customers at the regulated tariff (including the method of calculation is designed not to be too competitive with alternatives).
New price increases in sight?
The UFC-Que Choisir is worried about the current negotiations on the future of EDF, for which the best remuneration for nuclear power is precisely one of the challenges.
She fears of sharp price increases
on access to nuclear power, which could have to bear the cost inflation of the Flamanville EPR (Manche), and requests a moratorium
on current discussions.
The UFC is complaining the establishment of a public debate on the future of this regulation, on the basis of transparency on the costs actually borne by EDF
.
In the meantime, she asks for a immediate removal of the ceiling on Arenh volumes accessible by alternative suppliers, to put a stop to the current inflationary spiral
.
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