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Gas, electricity, fuels: consumer aid cost the State nearly 36 billion euros

2024-03-15T17:26:30.726Z

Highlights: Consumer aid cost the State nearly 36 billion euros. Price shields, capping the increase in regulated sales prices (TRV) for electricity and gas, lower taxes, pump aid, energy check... The list of measures is long. They mainly benefited households and 90% of them were not targeted. Their number also complicates the assessment of their impact. “ With the uncertainties surrounding certain figures which are still forecast, the gross cost… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 80% left to discover.


DECRYPTION - In a report, the Court of Auditors highlights a “difficult readability” of public measures and the risk of “windfall effects”.


How much is the energy bill

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Faced with the increase in wholesale prices of electricity and gas, which reached 1,000% and 700% in 2022, the government has put in place a series of measures to protect consumers.

If they were generally effective for the latter, the Court of Auditors deplores the cost, the complexity and warns of potential abuses.

The first criticism addressed by the court to the State concerns the proliferation of expenses.

Faced with the urgency of the situation, twenty-five systems have been put in place.

Price shields, capping the increase in regulated sales prices (TRV) for electricity and gas, lower taxes, pump aid, energy check... The list of measures is long.

They mainly benefited households and 90% of them were not targeted.

Their number also complicates the assessment of their impact.

With the uncertainties surrounding certain figures which are still forecast, the gross cost…

This article is reserved for subscribers.

You have 80% left to discover.

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Source: lefigaro

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