Federal Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten was Fabrice Grosfilley’s guest at 7:50 am in Bel RTL’s Matinale. She confirmed that energy prices will remain high “for some time” and referred to suppliers’ sales practices, particularly at home.
Federal Minister of Energy Tinne Of the streets referred to the door-to-door selling of suppliers. She says she launched this week a task-force with the CREGthe energy regulator, to fight once morest the practices of suppliers with regard in particular to door-to-door sales.
“They sometimes have cowboy practices“, she says. Door-to-door sales might therefore be prohibited? “Last chance“, says the minister. She indicates that the suppliers are working on a charter to regulate this practice and that they have until the end of the month to draft it. “JI assure you that this really is the last chance. If the suppliers are unable to regulate the practices themselves, we will ban them.“
According to Tinne Of the streetssome suppliers no longer respect contracts with fixed prices. “It’s done through such door sales, which we no longer accept“, she concludes.
Not long ago, we were just talking to you regarding Raphael and his wife Vanessa, victims of an unscrupulous canvasser working for an Engie subcontractor. “We ended up with a one-year variable rate contract while the one I have at Luminus dates from 2020 and is at a fixed rate”, Raphael indicated.