Contrary to the promise of the public authorities, the average increase in the regulated tariffs for the sale of electricity exceeded 4%, according to Le Parisien. With significant disparities according to subscribers.
A tariff shield that is less protective than expected. This is essentially the conclusion of an investigation by the Parisian. With the help of the Lite start-up, the daily bills for 35,000 users, two-thirds of which subscribe to regulated sales tariffs (TRV), to check whether the promise to limit the increase in electricity prices to 4% has been kept. Verdict? The average increase was, in fact, slightly higher: 5.4% precisely. But some customers have suffered much sharper increases, up to 11%. Including among households subscribing to TRVs, half of which suffered inflation above the 4% promised.
Ct TRV precisely, it is the subscribers to the Base option who have undergone the greatest increases. Beneficiaries of the peak-off-peak tariff (HP-HC) are doing a little better. With an oddity: The greater the share of consumption during off-peak hours, the more the tariff has increased, writes The Parisian. This is the exact opposite of what the government wanted to privilege, namely consumption at off-peak hours to reduce the bill and the tensions on the network at peak hours.
Complex calculation rules
How to explain this higher increase than announced, and these disparities between subscribers? The complexity and variability of calculation rules different offers are involved. They do not include market prices, those of electricity of nuclear origin, and taxes in the same way, explains a source familiar with the matter to the Parisian. However, it is the modulation of these last two parameters that has made it possible to limit the rise in tariffs, the supplement having been provided by public finances. The unpreparedness of public authoritieswho had to set up this shield in an emergency, following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, also played a role: They did not necessarily anticipate all the collateral effects.
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The 4% tariff shield will expire with the year 2022. In 2023, the regulated tariffs will increase more sharply, within the limit of 15%, promised the public authorities. With even greater disparities? In 2023, some differences could remain, depending on the types of offers and subscriptions, but they will be very limited, in particular for households at the regulated rate, promised Emmanuelle Wargon, the president of the energy, questioned by The Parisian.