There will be no more increase in the price of gas and the increase in electricity prices will be limited to 4% in February 2022, thanks to a tax reduction, announced the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, this Thursday evening , to 20 hours from TF1.
The government will “block gas prices” until April, after the increase expected on October 1, in order to constitute a “tariff shield” against constant increases, announced the Prime Minister, in response to the surge in gas prices. gas and electricity. “There will be no more increase in the price of gas,” he added, setting the deadline for April, a horizon from which “the price of gas should plummet”.
The government will limit the next planned increase in electricity prices, which is due to take place in February 2022, to 4%, also said Jean Castex, who has also committed to a revaluation of the energy check, a device intended to a few million households, “if the measures are not sufficient”.
An energy bill “worries the French a lot”
For several days, pressure has been mounting on the government, aware that this jump in the energy bill “worries the French a lot”, acknowledged the spokesperson Gabriel Attal. “The French do not have to take the full force of this increase in gas prices (…) We will ensure our role of protecting the French in the face of soaring energy prices”, assured Bruno Le Maire, the Minister on Thursday. of the Economy, before the National Hydrogen Council.
Coming after a drop in 2020 linked to the recession due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the current jump in prices is explained by a combination of reasons: low stocks, strong demand with the economic recovery, voluntary or involuntary absence of the Norway and Russia to increase their deliveries, commodity speculation.