The government intends to apply next week, on February 1, the 2.4% increase in regulated electricity rates (blue residential rates and those applicable to small professionals), we learned Wednesday, with the government.
"Given the moderate evolution of the tariff, and in order to avoid causing further catch-up, it is expected that the new tariff will come into force on February 1, 2020," the ministry of Transition told AFP. ecological and united.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) had proposed this increase of 2.4% inclusive of tax for blue residential rates and those applicable to small professionals, according to a draft decision consulted Monday by AFP. The government could choose to apply it as of February 1 or have three months to implement it.
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Last year, in the midst of the Yellow Vests crisis, the government thus delayed and froze prices during the winter. The sharp increase of 5.9% then proposed by CRE had therefore only been applied on June 1.
"This gap must now be made up to cover the costs of supply," said the ministry. The 2.4% increase on February 1 is thus "in particular composed of a 1.5% catch-up linked to the delay in the entry into force of the tariff in 2019", according to the same source.
The new increase in the regulated sales prices (TRV) marketed by EDF must represent an increase of around 21 euros per year for the average bill of a residential consumer, according to the CRE and the ministry.
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"French residential consumers benefit on average from much cheaper electricity than the European average and almost 60% cheaper than German residential consumers," the government said.
