Electricity: who is the cheapest energy supplier in December 2024?

Is your electricity bill weighing too heavily on your finances? It may be time to change your energy supplier. Which one to choose to take advantage of a cheaper offer in December 2024?

Although the energy crisis is a thing of the past, electricity prices continue to be high. Result: the French energy bill still represents a significant constrained expenditure item. Switching to another electricity supplier can, however, change the situation. Thanks to the free energy mediator tool, comparing the prices charged has never been so simple. What are the best electricity offers for December 2024?

What is the cheapest electricity offer for a small consumer?

Thanks to the energy mediator’s comparator, the financial information site MoneyVox carried out a comparison of electricity prices for a consumer residing in Rennes and using 2,400 KWh of electricity each year. As a result, the cheapest offer is that of Primeo energie, with a KWh price indexed to the evolution of the Regulated Sales Tariff (TRV). The annual bill is 599 euros, on the condition of staying for a year in order to benefit from a reduction of 100 euros.

In second place comes Ohm energy. Always on the condition of staying there for a year, but also that no payment incident occurs, the annual electricity bill for a small consumer is 626 euros. This time, the price per KWh is fixed. Other energy suppliers offer attractive prices, such as Alterna Energie (629 euros or 651 per year depending on the offers) and La Bellenergie (649 euros per year).

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Who is the cheapest electricity supplier in peak-off-peak hours?

Do you heat yourself with electricity? In this case, your energy consumption is necessarily higher. For a person residing in Rennes, consuming 8,500 KWh of electricity per year and having opted for a peak-off-peak contract, the energy mediator’s comparator indicates that the cheapest offer is that of Tempo d’ EDF. The bill there is 1,631 euros per year. The only downside: consumption over the 22 “red” days is billed at a significantly higher price.

Second place in the ranking of the cheapest energy suppliers in peak-off-peak hours goes to Ohm, with a bill of 1,703 euros provided you remain a customer for at least one year and do not have any payment incidents. . In third place, we find Alterna Energie with an annual bill of 1,734 euros per year including a reduction of 80 euros for seniority of at least one year.

How to choose the right energy supplier for your electricity?

Beyond the financial aspect, other elements must be taken into account when selecting the best electricity offer. The dispute rate of each manager can be very useful in judging the quality of their customer service. The details of the subscribed offer must also be analyzed carefully with regard to the methods of setting the price of the KWh: certain offers are at a fixed price, others are indexed to the price of the TRV, and still others may change depending on different indicators.

In any case, occasionally changing energy supplier can be an interesting solution to lower your energy bill. This issue is particularly sensitive, since the Energy Poverty Observatory notes that “3.2 million households, or more than 10% of the population, spent more than 8% of their income to pay the energy bills for their housing and belong to the first three income deciles.