The price quoted by the Energy Regulation Commission has replaced the regulated gas tariff since July. Did it lead to an increase in your bill? Response elements.
It was the miracle tool that should allow confused consumers not to be affected by the disappearance of the regulated gas tariff (TRVG) on 30 June. The price quoted by the Energy Regulation Commission has been published four times and the time has come to make an initial assessment of this indicative tool which gives an idea of the price at which the TRVs would have been if they had been maintained, according to the definition of Emmanuelle Wargon, the president of the Energy Regulation Commission (CRE).
Indeed, the methodology for calculating this new reference tariff in fact follows that of the regulated gas tariff, taking into account all the components of the gas supply cost, gas supply costs and non-supply costs: transmission costs, storage cost, commercial costs, margin, etc.
A anticipation russia which has lived to drown consumers, according to the services of the energy mediator interviewed by MoneyVox. The price quoted was quickly integrated into our comparator and the gas suppliers modeled their commercial offers on it, avoiding disputes, continues Caroline Keller, director of communication for the independent body. Even consumer protection associations, sometimes skeptical, seem to get their money’s worth here.
A falling average price per kilowatt hour
During his first publication mid-May for the month of June, CRE estimated that an offer with a price of 0.09446 euro per KWh (heating) and 0.11620 eur per KWh (hot water and cooking) was acceptable. Amounts lower than the TRVG of the time, invoiced respectively 0.1043 euro for a hearth which is heated by gas and 0.1284 euro for a hot water and cooking hearth.
A month later, this price started to drop to spend 0.08195 euro per KWh (heating) and 0.10488 euro per KWh (hot water and cooking), due to lower supply costs. Compared to the June TRVG, freeze since January thanks to the tariff shield, the price taken from July 2023 by CRE is down 19.4% for an average consumer heating with gas and consuming 13,480 kWh per year, explains the CRE.
In July, for August, a slight increase was felt. The reasonable price is 0.08406euro per KWh (heating) and 0.10700euro per KWh (hot water and cooking). Finally, in August for September, the price of a good commercial offer is 0.08218 euro per KWh (heating) and 0.10512 euro per KWh (hot water and cooking). Or, a further slight drop in the price which you can observe below (hover your mouse to enlarge the figures).
An increasing annual subscription
During this time, the recommended subscription price increased before stabilizing. CRE presented in its first edition an annual price of between 100.58 euros and 249.48 euros per year. But from June to July, the CRE recommends an annual price between 102.94 euros and 257.18 euros per year. An amount unchanged in July and then in August.
Subscriptions at the marked price therefore increased bya little over 2 euros including tax for the cooking/hot water consumer and nearly 8 euros including tax for the heating consumerto reflect the increase in the fixed portions of the distribution tariff.
The price quoted for the subscription corresponds to a few euro cents close to the prices applied by Engie, for its Passerelle offer, and the other suppliers on the market.
In the market, what is happening?
Currently, there are around twenty offers on the energy mediator’s comparator. A total increase over the last few months. Suppliers thus use the marked price to attract new customers, in particular those who stayed at Engie out of habit, by offering them indexed contracts. Indeed, the price shown allows them to propose offers backed by this indicative price. No supplier is obliged to apply it, but Engie, EDF or TotalEnergies are already doing so and will continue to do so, assures Emmanuelle Wargon.
Samuel AUFFRAY
After studying political science at Paris 2 and journalism at the CFJ, Samuel Auffray worked for L’Obs in the field of… Read more
MoneyVox / SA / September 2023