The electricity bills of EDF customers will increase between 53 and 205 euros per year depending on the contract. For customers who do not want to modify their monthly payments, an adjustment at the end of the year will be applied.
The regulated electricity tariff increases by 15% on Wednesday for nearly 20 million households. Without the tariff shield financed by the state, electricity would have had to increase by more than 99% including tax according to the tariffs published by the Energy Regulation Commission (CRE).
However, should we rejoice? Last year, price increases were limited to 4% by the government, but reality showed significant differences depending on the contract taken out. The Lite start-up notably estimated on the basis of 350,000 contracts at the EDF regulated tariff that the increase in electricity prices (TRV) had been on average 5.4%, with peaks of 11%.
Cards according to the subscribed contract
It is very likely that the discrepancies observed in 2022 will remain, because the observations made on the calculation rules are difficult to settle, underlines the founder of Lite, Rémy Rousset. Clearly, if the official increase is 15%, some customers will see their bill climb by 20 or 25%, even with EDF’s TRVs or with an index contract on TRVs with an alternative supplier, predicts the expert with MoneyVox.
Usually not very talkative on the subject, EDF explained to the magazine Capital that on the basis of an average consumption of 4.7 megawatt-hours, the average amount of the electricity bill for a Blue Tariff household increases on 1 February 2023 from 966 to 1112 euros including tax per year. The increase in base option will be 94 euros for the year, or 15.3% more, against 205 euros more (+15.2% over one year) for contracts in peak hours-off-peak hours.
The new prices will be passed on to the bill each month, specifies EDF to AFP. For customers who don’t want to change their monthly paymentsan adjustment at the end of the year will be applied.
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The big winners of Tempo
Finally, according to EDF, the real winners are the 270,000 contractors of the Tempo offer, with an increase limited to 53 euros over the year, ie +4%. This offer was pushed this winter by EDF and the government, who hoped to attract 5 million households against annual gains estimated at 450 euros.
The Tempo offer is called tariff cancellation and allows electricity tariffs to vary depending on the day of the year and the hours of use. 300 days a year, you pay little, around 8 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) in off-peak hours (HC) and 12 cents in peak hours (HP), according to the prices announced on the EDF website. There are also 43 white days between September 1 and August 31 where the price is between 11 cents (HC) and 16.5 cents (HC). But 22 days a year are red and you pay full price! 55 cents per kWh, ie three times the level of the current regulated electricity tariffs at peak times, but only 13 cents at off-peak hours.
When announcing the 15% increase in the tariff set on February 1, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne estimated the average monthly increase at 20 euros for French households.