Abandonment of the price shield, increase in taxes… Cheap electricity in France is well and truly over

2024-01-29 17:06:23

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If the Minister of the Economy, who has just taken over the energy portfolio, is generally right, it is nevertheless necessary to provide some clarifications. First of all, this new increase planned for February 1 occurs while prices on the wholesale markets are falling. But the State decided that it was the time to raise a tax by two thirds (the TICFE, or internal tax on final consumption of electricity), lowered to a minimum in February 2022, as part of the tariff shield.