2024-02-03 14:00:43
Bad news never comes alone. Just one day after the almost 10% increase in electricity prices, the CRE (Energy Regulatory Commission) is already publishing what it considers necessary on gas prices next July, to cover the costs. The fault lies in the revaluation of a “transport” tax intended to cover the costs of using the network. A sort of toll then.
If the government validates its calculations, these prices would increase by +5.5%, “i.e. +7.30 euros including tax per month on the total bill of a customer” who uses gas for heating. Over a year, this same customer will therefore have to pay no less than 90 additional euros.
If, on the other hand, he only uses gas for his domestic hot water and/or cooking, this increase would be +10.4%. Enough to represent an additional 2.2 euros on the bill to be paid per month (26.4 euros per year), due to lower consumption. The revaluation of this transport tax does not in fact apply in the same way depending on use.
A first increase at the start of the year
A month earlier, on January 1, 2024, gas prices had already increased, due to the increase in another tax, frozen as part of the price shield. Bills have jumped from 20 euros to more than 220 euros per year for individuals.
It is the same reason (the increase in a tax frozen with the shield) which was at the origin of the increase in electricity prices on February 1st. According to Bercy calculations, it resulted in an average increase of 100 euros per year for a one-room apartment heated with electricity. And more than 200 euros for a four-room house.
As with gas, a tax applied to transport on the national electricity network could also increase the electricity bill on August 1st. The increase should, however, be less than that of February 1, around 1 to 2%.
How does the energy policeman justify the next increase in gas, in July? “In order to achieve the ambitious objectives (of carbon neutrality by 2050), [le gouvernement] plans a gradual reduction in gas consumption and an increase in biomethane production, explains the CRE in a press release. It is necessary to prepare gas distribution networks for these challenges while controlling costs over time. » With investments financed, therefore, in part by household bills.
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