AAfter two years of increases, finally some respite. The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) – the energy watchdog – has decided to postpone the revaluation of one of the components of the bill for the majority of customers until February, when electricity prices are expected to fall sharply.
The increase in the “network tariff”, linked to transmission costs, will only be applied from 1is February 2025. This increase, which represents a 1% increase in the bill for subscribers to the “EDF blue tariff” (regulated tariff), will then be absorbed by the expected decline in electricity prices. Ultimately, the households concerned could benefit from a reduction in their bill of “at least 10%”, indicated the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in a deliberation issued this Wednesday, September 11.
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The increase, linked to a 4.8% revaluation of the “network tariff” (Turpe), was initially planned for 1is August, but the resigning government had decided not to apply it, a way of avoiding a “yo-yo” of prices incomprehensible for consumers, Bercy had justified in mid-July, avoiding a new controversy in the middle of a political crisis.
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