Electricity prices will increase from February 1 to between 8.6% and 9.8% depending on the contracts.On the set of TF1 this Sunday, the Minister of the Economy specified the details of this increase which represents, for certain households, 18 euros on average per month.
On the 8 p.m. set on TF1, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire announced on Sunday that the electricity bill would increase on February 1 between 8.6% and 9.8% depending on the contracts. An announcement which is intended to be in line with the government’s commitment to gradually putting an end to the “tariff shield” put in place at the end of 2021.
“The electricity bill on peak/off-peak rates will increase by 9.8% on February 1 and on basic rates by 8.6%. This means that for 97% of French households , the increase will be less than 10%”, declares the boss of Bercy on the set of Anne-Claire Coudray. For a household, “who heats himself with electricity, with two children and a detached house, it will be on average 18 euros per month”assures Bruno Le Maire.
End of whatever it takes
“It is a difficult decision, but it is a decision which is necessary to guarantee our capacity to invest in new electricity production capacities and then to definitively get out of this, whatever the cost”he justified. “We’re getting back to normal.” “This is the last increase in this tax for the year 2024. The next one will be on February 1, 2025, we will return to the situation which was that before the tariff shield,” added Bruno Le Maire.
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REPLAY
Rewatch the interview with the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudray on the 8 p.m. news on TF1. The boss of Bercy notably made announcements on the price of electricity.
Interview with Bruno Le Maire at 8 p.m. on TF1Source : TF1 Info
“FACING EXTREMES, THERE IS ONLY ONE ATTITUDE: COURAGE”
“There is a rise of extremes, of the extreme right to be precise, everywhere in Europe. I would just like to remind you that faced with the rise of extremes, there is only one attitude: courage,” says the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudray in the 8 p.m. news on TF1, when discussing the breakthrough of the RN in the polls for the European elections. “The courage to announce difficult decisions, as I just did on electricity prices.”
“Allow me to remind you in passing that if electricity prices have soared, it is because Vladimir Putin, Marine Le Pen’s friend, attacked Ukraine and caused electricity prices to soar. electricity and gas. They are directly responsible. Allow me to also remind that the RN did not vote for the tariff shield on electricity and gas”, tackles the boss of Bercy. Before addressing a dig at Jordan Bardella, in favor of his retention: “Why didn’t his party support him when it was necessary to do so?”
“THE FARMERS ARE TOTALLY RIGHT”
“They are completely right. I share the pain of all French farmers and their anger”, assures the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudray in the 8 p.m. news on TF1, at subject of the “fed up” farmers. “The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, will receive the FNSEA tomorrow (Monday). There is an urgent need to take a certain number of decisions. As far as I am concerned, there are two.”
“Over the coming months, there will be a drastic simplification of standards. There is a simplification bill that was requested from us by the President of the Republic. I say to all the farmers who are listening to us: ‘mobilize- you, make us drastic simplification proposals. The standards are too complex, too cumbersome, too expensive, and sometimes impossible to apply,” explains the boss of Bercy. “France must act sovereignly on this question of standards.”
“I also asked the DGCCRF to mobilize 100 inspectors to verify that, in the commercial negotiations, which are underway between distributors and farmers, we are protecting the income of our producers and that the EGAlim law is strictly and rigorously applied,” he concludes.
“WE’RE BACK TO NORMAL”
“This is the last increase in this tax for the year 2024. The next one will be on February 1, 2025,” indicates the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudray in the JT de 8 p.m. from TF1. “We will return to the situation that was before the tariff shield. We covered half of the household bill during the energy crisis. We protected a lot. We are returning to normal. (…) We must also protect our public finances” in the event of a hard blow in the future.
AN INCREASE BELOW 10% AS OF FEBRUARY 1
Electricity prices will increase by 8.6 to 9.8% from February 1. “The electricity bill on peak/off-peak rates will increase by 9.8% on February 1. On basic rates, 8.6%. For 97% of French households, the increase will be below 10 %, as I had committed to it”, announces the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudray in the 8 p.m. news on TF1.
“For a household which does not heat with electricity, it will be 5 euros on average per month. For the household, which heats with electricity, with two children and a detached house, it will be on average 18 euros per month. month”, explains the boss of Bercy on our set. “It is a difficult decision, but necessary to guarantee our capacity to invest in new electricity production capacities and gradually move away from it whatever the cost. We are returning to normal,” supports Bruno Le Maire.
A LINE THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Everything depends on a small line in the bill that you probably don’t pay attention to: the tax on final electricity consumption (TCFE). During the energy crisis, the government reduced it to its minimum level. It should start to rise again from February 1st.
PRICES RISING BY 10%?
Electricity prices are expected to increase again next February, by 10%. This increase is “a government decision”, according to the president of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), Emmanuelle Wargon. It is mainly taxes that will be reflected in the French bill.
AN EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
The boss of Bercy will specify the amount of the increase in the regulated electricity tariff (TRVE), from which the majority of French households benefit, from February 1, 2024. This increase, which worries households, in search of power purchase, comes with the end of the price shield on January 31.
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The government had committed that the revision of the regulated electricity tariff, which takes place each year on February 1 and August 1, would be limited this time to an increase of 10% maximum. Previously, this regulated tariff had increased by 4% in February 2022, 15% in February 2023 and 10% in August 2023. The total increase over two years is therefore of the order of 43 to 44%.