2023-09-14 08:34:32
With this new increase anticipated by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), the average bill might rise from 1,800 to 2,120 euros (if the increase is of the order of 20%) per year for an average consumer to electric heating which consumes 7 MWh per year.
Winter promises to be very difficult for millions of households. Emmanuelle Wargon, the president of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), announced this Thursday that she anticipated an increase of 10 to 20% in electricity prices at the start of next year during a press conference followed by the Archyde.com news agency.
Up to 320 euros more per year
A strong increase which would be added to that which already took place on August 1 and which was of the order of 10%, or the equivalent of 160 euros more per year.
With the new increase anticipated for the beginning of 2024, the average bill might rise from 1,800 to 2,120 euros (if the increase is of the order of 20%) per year for an average electric heating consumer who consumes 7 MWh per year . Which represents around 500 euros increase on the bill in the space of a year, despite the price shield which had been put in place by the government.
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The electricity price is revised twice a year, in August and February. The government announced that it would gradually put an end, by the end of 2024, to the tariff shield on electricity prices introduced to fight inflation.
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