Orange with 6Medias, published on Friday, January 27, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
In Alsace, Éric Claudel received a bill for 108,933 euros for only 20 days of consumption. EDF recognized “a counting error”, let know “L’Alsace”.
It’s a six-figure bill that made Éric Claudel, a baker in Bollwiller in Alsace, jump.
Displayed next to his cash register, the paper indicates an amount of 108,933 euros for only 20 days of consumption, to be paid before January 26, 2023. Frightened, Éric Claudel contacted EDF who recognizes an error, let know “L’Alsace”.
“If the bill becomes real, it’s the end of my business with six people out of work”, was alarmed this baker installed for eight years with the regional daily “Alsace”. According to the invoice, the baker would have consumed 639,000 kWh. It is more than the equivalent of the consumption of his municipality in lighting and public building, according to him.
The invoice has been canceled
EDF, for its part, assures that it is a “counting error”, surely linked to the electric meter. A representative of the Enedis company must soon be sent on site to inspect his meter. The bill has been canceled, assures the energy company, which specifies that a correction has been sent to this trader who benefits from the regulated blue tariff.
Currently, VSEs with less than 10 employees, with a turnover of less than two million euros and having an electricity meter with a power of less than or equal to 36 kVA, can benefit from the regulated tariff or blue tariff. This allows the increase in electricity prices to be contained to 4% in 2022. From February 1, 2022, the increase will be capped at 15% over 2023.
In addition to the price of energy, bakers are also suffering from the increase in the cost of raw materials, which is difficult to pass on to the final price. Monday, January 23, hundreds of bakers demonstrated in Paris to ask for more aid from the Government.