While the company is under the threat of a tax on its record profits, it multiplies the gestures in favor of its customers.
After gasoline, other sources of energy. This Tuesday, during a gathering of gas professionals, the CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, announced the establishment of a financial incentive for its customers to reduce their gas and electricity consumption. . In concrete terms, each contractor who manages to reduce his consumption this winter compared to last winter will receive a bonus from the supplier. However, the outlines of the device remain rather vague and must be clarified before the group’s investors this Wednesday afternoon.
The announcement comes in a particular context. On the one hand, the gas and electricity supply crisis that has been hitting Europe for several months is forcing the inhabitants of the continent to make drastic energy savings. Beyond calls for sobriety, TotalEnergies therefore resorts to financial incentives. On the other hand, the French oil and gas giant is under the threat of an exceptional tax on superprofits. The lively debate surrounding this drain on the record profits of companies in the energy sector is forcing TotalEnergies to react by offering households a boost. The government had moreover formally encouraged him to do so.
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A rebate at the pump has already been implemented in all of the group’s service stations until the end of the year. The cost of this aid at the pump amounts to 171 million euros for the company, according to data delivered by Patrick Pouyanné himself to the deputies, a provisional amount. “You tell us: you are making excess profits on refining [en France]well we are using them to finance the rebate operation”had defended the CEO of TotalEnergies before the elected members of the flash mission on the “ superprofits » oil and gas companies. According to information from echoes, the incentive bonus from TotalEnergies could well spread. Engie is considering setting up the system, according to its CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu.
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