Maud Descamps edited by Laura Laplaud 1:23 p.m., May 30, 2022
A catch-up intended to compensate for the limitation to 4% of the increase in regulated electricity tariffs could well see the light of day in the coming years even though the Ministry of the Economy had promised the opposite.
Consequence: an 8% increase could occur on your electricity bill in 2023.
Firm promise, broken promise.
The Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, Bruno Le Maire, had promised: there will be no catch-up to compensate for the electricity price freeze next year.
However, the option is indeed on the table.
The Energy Regulatory Commission recommends an 8% increase from 2023 to compensate for the electricity price freeze implemented this year.
The state could play on taxation
This measure put in place by the government prevented individuals from suffering a 35.4% increase in electricity prices.
On the side of Bercy but also of the entourage of the Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, catching up is now a possible option "but it is much too early to decide", says one.
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Two possible scenarios: either electricity prices on the markets will fall, which is unlikely, in which case your electricity bill will remain the same as today and the difference will be used to compensate for the price freeze.
Either prices will remain high or even increase, which is much more likely this time.
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However, it is possible that the State decides to get its hands on the wallet and compensate to avoid the consumer having to pay this increase.
Another option: play on taxation by lowering VAT to 5.5% instead of 20% currently.