VIDEO – Electricity prices will rise by an average of 18 euros per month, Bruno Le Maire announces on TF1
Electricity prices will increase between 8.6% and 9.8% from February 1, depending on the contract.
On the set of TF1 this Sunday, the Minister of Economy clarified the details of this increase which, for some households, represents an average of 18 euros per month.
At 8 pm set on TF1, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Sunday that the electricity bill on February 1 will rise between 8.6% and 9.8% depending on the contract. An announcement that is intended to be in line with the government’s commitment to gradually end the “tariff shield” put in place at the end of 2021.
“Electricity bills will increase by 9.8% on 1 February at peak/off-peak rates and 8.6% at basic rates. This means that for 97% of French households, the increase will be less than 10%”., declares Bercy’s boss on the set of Anne-Claire Coudrey. for home, “Someone who heats himself with electricity, with two children and a separate house, will have an average of 18 euros per month”Bruno Le Mare assures.
End whatever it takes
“It’s a difficult decision, but it’s a decision that’s necessary to ensure our ability to invest in new electricity generation capacity and then definitely exit it, no matter 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 that existed before the tariff shield,” added Bruno Le Maire.
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Relive the interview with Anne-Claire Coudray, Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, on the 8 pm news on TF1. Bersi’s boss made an announcement specifically about electricity prices.
Interview with Bruno Le Maire at 8pm on TF1Source: TF1 information
“In the face of extremes, there is only one attitude: courage”
“There is a rise of extremism everywhere in Europe, the extreme right to be sure. I want to remind you that faced with the rise of extremism, there is only one attitude: courage,” says the Minister of Economy and. Finance, Bruno Le Maire, Anne-Claire Coudrey’s guest on the 8pm news on TF1, while discussing the RN’s success in the polls for the European elections. “Courage to announce tough decisions, like I just did on electricity prices.”
“I remind you that if electricity prices have increased, it is because Marine Le Pen’s friend Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine and increased electricity prices. Electricity and gas. They are directly responsible. I also remember Let’s pretend that the RN did not vote for the tariff shield on electricity and gas”, confronts Bersina’s boss. Before addressing Digg at Jordan Bardella, in favor of his retention: “Why didn’t his party back him when it needed to?”
“The farmers are absolutely right”
“They are absolutely right. I share the pain and their anger of all French farmers”, reassures the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudrey, on the 8pm news on TF1. Fed up” farmers. “Prime Minister, Gabriel Atal, will receive FNSEA tomorrow (Monday). A certain number of decisions need to be made urgently. As far as I’m concerned, there are two.”
“In the coming months, there will be a drastic simplification of the 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: ‘Collect exactly – you, make. We propose drastic simplification. Standards are too complicated, too burdensome, too expensive and sometimes impossible to enforce,” explains Bersi’s boss. “France must act sovereignly on this question of norms.”
“I have also asked DGCCRF to send 100 inspectors to verify that, in commercial negotiations between distributors and farmers, we protect the income of our producers and that the EGAlim Act is strictly and strictly enforced,” he concluded.
“We’re back to normal”
“This is the last increase in this tax for the year 2024. The next one will take place on February 1, 2025,” suggests the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, guest of Anne-Claire Coudrey in JT D 8 pm. From TF1. “We will return to the situation before the tariff shield. We have covered half of the household bills during the energy crisis. We have protected a lot. We are returning to normalcy. (…) We must also protect our public finances” in the future. In a hard hitting situation.
An increase of less than 10% on February 1
From February 1, electricity prices will increase by 8.6 to 9.8%. “Electricity bills at peak/off-peak rates will rise 9.8% on February 1. At basic rates, 8.6%. For 97% of French households, the increase will be below 10%, as I committed”, in the 8 pm news on TF1 The Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, announced the guest of Anne-Claire Coudrey.
“For a house that is not heated by electricity, it will be an average of 5 euros per month. A house that is heated by electricity, with two children and a separate house, will be an average of 18 euros per month.” , explains Bercy’s boss on our set. “It’s a difficult decision, but it’s necessary to guarantee our ability to invest in new electricity production capacities and gradually whatever the cost of that may be. We’re getting back to normal,” Bruno Le Maire affirms.
A line that makes all the difference
Everything depends on a small line of the bill that you probably don’t pay attention to: the tax on final consumption of electricity (TCFE). During the energy crisis, the government reduced it to its minimum level. It will start rising again from 1st February.
Prices going up 10%?
Electricity prices are expected to rise again by 10% next February. According to Emmanuel Wargon of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), the increase is a “government decision”. It is mainly taxes that will be reflected in the French bill.
Expected announcement on electricity prices
Bercy’s boss will specify the amount of the increase in the regulated electricity tariff (TRVE), which most French households will benefit from February 1, 2024. The hike, which worries households looking to buy power, ends the price shield on January 31.
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The government had committed that the electricity price revision on February 1 and August 1 every year would be limited to a maximum increase of 10% this time. Earlier, this regulated tariff was increased by 4% in February 2022, 15% in February 2023 and 10% in August 2023. So the total increase in two years is 43 to 44%.
