Natural gas consumers in France who benefit from Engie's regulated tariffs will continue on September 1 to pay the same as in 2021. This was confirmed on Tuesday by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), who specified that without state protection, gas would be 105.1% more expensive at the start of the school year than on October 1, 2021.
When it was created on October 1, 2021, the “tariff shield” which froze the applicable scales for regulated gas sales tariffs (TRV) aimed to spare the French people an expected 19.5% increase in natural gas prices. in November 2021 and in December 2021.
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The government then expected gas prices to fall at the end of winter.
However, prices have continued to soar in 2022 in Europe, with the war in Ukraine since February and the gradual drying up of Russian gas exports to Europe.
For 2023, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced last July that the tariff shield, which today also concerns electricity, could be replaced by more targeted aid for low-income French people.
The government has yet to unveil its plan.
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