Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Thursday that the tariff shield on the price of gas would be extended until the end of the year.
This protective measure was put in place in the fall of 2021 in order to protect the French from the explosion in energy prices.
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This tariff shield, we have decided to extend it by the end of the year and we will publish by the end of the week the decree allowing
it to be extended", detailed Elisabeth Borne.
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The government had initially acted on gas prices, before acting on those of electricity and blocking the increase at 4% instead of the 44.5% expected by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE ).
Gas stocks almost 100% filled at the start of autumn
France also wants to fill its gas storage nearly 100% by early autumn and will have a new floating LNG terminal next year to ensure its supply despite the drop in Russian deliveries. , Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne also announced on Thursday.
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We ensure the maximum filling of our storage capacities;
we aim to be close to 100% at the start of the fall
,” she said during a visit to a national gas control center in Ile-de-France.