Zen week-end and Zen week-end + are the only market-indexed EDF offers to have survived the energy crisis. The model? A high price during the week and broken on the weekend! Are these offers interesting for you?
EDF’s regulated electricity tariff (TRV) will increase by 15% on 1 February. The Zen week-end and Zen week-end + offers from EDF are UFOs. Why? They are the only offers indexed to electricity prices, having survived the energy crisis of the years 2021/2022.
With this pricing mechanism, they are potentially more risky for the consumer, as they are sensitive to market fluctuations, compared to TRV, to offers indexed to TRV or price blocked for 12, 24 or 36 months.
An offer that is difficult to compare
Reserved for Linky meter holders, the Zen offers offer a price per kilowatt hour (kWh) that is 30% cheaper at weekends. In its + version, electricity is cheaper on weekends more on a weekday which is to choose between Monday, Wednesday or Friday. The subscription price is essentially the same as that offered by the various regulated tariff options: Base, peak hours-off-peak hours or Tempo.
On the other hand, the billing of the kilowatt hour differs: it costs 0.1929 euro (Zen) or 0.2030 euro (Zen +) on weekdays, i.e. a higher price than that of kWh in the Base option of 0.1740 euro. On the other hand, the price of the kWh falls respectively 0.1366 (Zen) or 0.1448 euros (Zen+) on the weekend and the day possibly subscribed, i.e. a lower price than that proposed within the framework of a peak hours offer. – off-peak hours. Note, however, these rates are subject to change at any time.
An offer model that appeals to suppliers
In detail, for Zen or Zen + to be more advantageous, you have to organize your consumption accordingly and spend your weekend washing clothes and dishes. In this case, EDF promised at launch in 2019 that a household of 2 adults and 2 children living in 200 square meters, could very easily save 100 euros a year.
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Nevertheless, this type of offer should develop among the incumbent supplier’s competitors to revive the market in 2023.
In the first semester, most alternative providers will be cautious, says Rémy Rousset, the founder of Lite, a company specializing in the analysis of energy consumption data for individuals. But we estimate that offers where consumption will be less expensive at the weekend (like Zen from EDF, editor’s note), an entire day of the week or at night will multiply.
Indeed, after a theoretical increase of 4% in the regulated tariff between October 2021 and December 2022, the latter will increase by 15%, on average, in February. But some customers of the regulated tariff should see their bill increase by 20 or 25%, according to Rémy Rousset.
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