Why will you be more affected by the increase in electricity prices in February?

After weeks of waiting, this Sunday, January 21, the current Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, detailed the detailed outline of the increase in regulated electricity prices expected for this 1.^er February. Starting with peak/off-peak hours offer customers an opportunity to find that some customers will suffer more than others.

The off-peak hours option is more taxed than the base option

From 1^er By February 2024, not all consumers will be in the same boat in terms of pricing. Indeed, it is clear that the increase of “less than 10%” promised by the government for months will not have the same effect depending on the option chosen for its electricity supply. The best off will also be the highest number, i.e., Base Rate Subscribers

Those who will see only one increase in their bill A little over 8%. For their part, subscribers to A Off-peak/peak hours offer Will have to adapt An increase of about 10%. These unfortunate reforms, especially those linked to the increase in internal taxes on final electricity consumption (TICFE), are established in €/MWh on household consumption and not in percentages, for example in the case of VAT. Households with the highest consumption and benefiting from the lowest average kWh price will be most affected by this measure. Moreover, subscribers to the HP/HC option will not be the only ones paying the price, as beneficiaries of Tempo or EJP subscriptions will bear their share. An increase of about 14% and over 10% respectively.

Ironically, it is the least expensive time slots that will suffer the biggest increases. However, whether it is the off-peak, tempo or EJP option, the whole point lies in the fact that it is possible to adapt your consumption according to days and time slots, precisely … S to pay an advantageous rate. From 2022, however, in order to protect the French electricity network during periods of high demand, the government continues to call on consumers to postpone consumption.

Is the off-peak option still interesting?

If we do a brief calculation considering the amount of excise duty fixed at €0.021/kWh, we can consider that the peak hours will pass. From 0.2460 €/kWh to 0.2670/kWh. Must pass off-peak hours From 0.1828 €/kWh to 0.2038€/kWh. As for the base option, the cost per kWh will increase From €0.2276 to €0.2486.

Let’s imagine a consumption of 10,000 kWh, with 4000 kWh consumed during off-peak hours and 6000 kWh during peak hours. Including subscription, this will give us a total About €2,616/year. On the basic subscription side, the deemed customer will pay, following the same calculation logic €2,635/year. either, Only 0.73% difference between hp/hc option and base option. In order to widen this distance, it is therefore necessary to reduce the use of peak hours without this approach, although it does indeed allow significant savings.

To summarize, customers of this option, which was not very beneficial until now, are at risk of a real unpleasant surprise from February 2024.

Please note, however, that it is already possible to anticipate this change Change electricity supplier, by selecting the offer with a significantly lower price than EDF’s TRV. Here are some examples:

^*Table updated on 01/26/2024. In the base option (6 kVA) the budget is calculated for a consumption of 12,500 kWh per year in Lyon.