What if you want to change energy supplier?

To escape the rise in regulated energy prices, individuals can compete.

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Eight out of ten households are subject to EDF regulated tariffs.

However, the latter keep increasing.

According to an INSEE study published in 2019, the price of electricity has exploded by 50% in ten years (between 2007 and 2016).

As for the price of natural gas, it increased by more than 16% between 2009 and 2019, according to estimates from the LeLynx.fr site.

Faced with this increase in their bills, many French people still wrongly think that they can do nothing.

However, the competition in the market goes back more than ten years.

What is the procedure for changing energy supplier?

A fixed or indexed price?

Nearly thirty operators now practice free prices.

Even EDF and Engie have set up regulated tariffs in parallel.

According to a 2017 study by the magazine

, choosing a more competitive offer would save around 100 euros per year on an invoice of more than 1,000 euros.

Billing can first be fixed.

The supplier then undertakes to maintain the agreed price for one, two, three or four years.

But often only the price of the kilowatt hour is fixed.

You are therefore not immune from an increase in subscription or taxes.

This type of offer has been democratized by group purchasing operations, such as the “Energy cheaper together” campaign led by UFC Que Choisir.

Another option: indexing.

The operator applies a discount from the regulated tariff.

If the latter increases, your bill will also rise, while remaining at a certain percentage cheaper compared to this reference price.

The reduction in the bill is therefore sustainable, provided that the initial total amount (consumption + subscription + taxes) is actually lower than that of the traditional offer at a regulated price.

To reach the mark

Choosing another energy supplier never implies any minimum period of commitment.

You can change operator at any time and as many times as you want, whether to take advantage of free prices or to return to regulated prices.

In addition, the change of supplier is free.

All you need to do is sign a contract with your new operator, which will automatically terminate your previous offer, without having to take any steps.

Do you fear a power outage or work?

Your former supplier must supply you with energy until the date the change takes effect.

As for your electricity or gas meter, it does not have to undergo any intervention.

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A delicate comparison

It's all well and good to want to change supplier, but you still have to find an interesting offer.

Problem: the savings announced often hide different terms and therefore do not reflect reality.

To avoid unpleasant surprises, you must compare the offers including all taxes, including the price per kilowatt hour and that of the subscription.

The official Energie-info.fr platform allows you to view all the energy operators present in your town and to compare them in relation to your consumption.

You can also use the comparator available on the UFC Que Choisir website, which has the advantage of indicating the amount of savings or additional costs to be expected for each offer.

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