The information relayed by Le Parisien, according to which the subscribers ofEDF will have to adjust in the fall, a catch-up bill of 30 euros on average was categorically denied by the Minister of Energy, Ségolène Royal, via her account Twitter :
According to the daily, this increase would comeadd , “moderate increase, less than 5%” already planned by the government. A draft decree to this effect has reportedly been submitted for review to the Higher Energy Council (CSE), which will report in the weeks to venir an advisory opinion. For professional customers, the note will amount to 45 euros on average, specifies the newspaper.
This catch-up stems from the choice in April of the Council of State ofinvalidate a decision taken two years ago by the previous government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. In order to protecting le pouvoir of household purchases, the executive had at the time capped the increase in electricity tariffs at 2% for the period from August 2012 to August 2013, recalls Le Parisien.
The measure had been denounced and challenged before the highest administrative court in the country by EDF's competitors, according to whom this increase was not sufficient to cover electricity generation costs as required by law.
“NO DECISION IS TAKEN”
In a message that followed the article, Ségolène Royal recalls that"no decision has been made" concerning the remediation ordered by the Council of State.
The Minister for Energy, with the same concern for preserving the pouvoir purchase, has reversed a 5% hike last month EDF's regulated tariffs which were to intervene in August. Matignon then had tempered this ade, indicating that a “moderate increase, less than 5%” would take place in September or October. What the Minister also denies:
source: Lemonde.fr
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