The electricity "tariff shield" will not result in a "catch-up" on bills next year despite an additional financing need of around 2 billion euros to implement this measure, said this Monday the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire.
An inevitable need for financing
The government had pledged to limit the rise in electricity bills to 4% this year, a measure that will cost more than expected.
"There will be a need for additional financing in 2023", because "electricity prices have rather increased", admitted Bruno Le Maire.
This need for financing, "of the order of 2 billion euros", "will be financed by the finance bill that we will examine at the start of the next school year, next October, for 2023", he continued. in front of journalists.
A reassuring speech
“I want to be very clear with our compatriots, there will be no catch-up on their electricity bill.
French consumers will not see any catch-up linked to this financing need on their bill in 2023,” he insisted.
“Such a catch-up is very likely to induce a stratospheric rise in the price of electricity at the beginning of 2023”, worried in a press release the association for the defense of consumers, which based its fears on a recent deliberation of the Regulatory Commission energy (CRE).
In a context of high inflation and the approach of legislative elections, this perspective has also taken a political turn.
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