The association of CLCV consumer feared, on the basis of a recent deliberation of the energy regulation commission, a price catch -up of 8 % on electricity in 2023, after the implementation of the price shield For 2022.
Le Monde with AFP
The “pricing shield” on electricity will not result in a “catch -up” on the invoices in 2023, despite an additional funding of funding of around two billion euros to implement this measure, announced , Monday, May 30, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.
The government was committed to limiting the increase in electricity bills to 4 % in 2022, a measure that will cost more than expected. “There will be a need for additional financing in 2023, [because] the prices of electricity have rather increased up,” said the mayor.
This need for funding, “of the order of two billion euros”, “will be funded by the finance bill that we will examine at the start of the next school year, next October, for 2023”, -He continued before journalists. “I want to be very clear with our compatriots, there will be no catch-up on their electricity bill. French consumers will not see any catch-up linked to this need for funding on their invoice in 2023,” he insisted .
Political subject before the legislative elections
association of consumer and users CLCV Alerted to the fact that the price shield for this year could be only a “mirage”, with a probable catch -up of 8 % on electricity in 2023. “Such a catch -up risk of inducing A stratospheric increase in the price of electricity in early 2023 “, was worried, in a press release, the association for the defense of consumers, which based its fears on a recent deliberation of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) .
In a context of high inflation and as the legislative elections approached, this perspective also took a political turn. “An 8 % increase in electricity is well planned by the government. I had warned the French that Emmanuel Macron lined and would increase their bill after the elections”, a reacted Marine Le Pen on Twitter . “It will be the same for gas and fuel. Only RN deputies will protect you from this racket,” she wrote.
“In 2023, we want to continue to protect the French against the increase in electricity and gas prices”, for his part, assured the mayor, believing that it is however too early for Give details about it. “I will meet you at the start of the 2022 school year, when we examine the finance bill,” he said.