The news broke last night. Bruno Le Mairethe Minister of Economy announced to TF1 news the sum increase in electricity prices which will take effect on February 1, 2024.
How much is the raise?
Due to the post-conflict energy crisis in Ukraine, the government created a tariff shield to slow down and smooth out the effects of inflation. This enabled, in particular, limit the increase to an average of 15%. on 1Er February 2023 (instead of 40% or even 100%).
But this price shield, if it benefits French households, is very expensive for the French statewith a colossal shortage 16 billion euros in 2023 according to Bersi. A “gift” that cannot be kept with the debt of the French state, which exceeds 3,000 billion euros, i.e. 112.5% of GDP from France
on August 1 last the first increase is an average of 10%., depending on the contract, were recorded. This time the increase should still be the same on February 1st.
Electricity bills for individuals will increase by 8.6% at basic tariffs (10.6 million consumers by the end of 2022) and 9.8% for peak-off-peak tariffs (9.3 million consumers) within 2 weeks.
What is the impact on charging my electric car?
The price of electricity for French households will rise, from €0.2273 including tax up to €0.25 (price per kWh)if we take into account the blue tariff, which affects more than 25 million households in France in 2023.
If, for example, we take the consumption of 18 kWh per 100 km in an electric car, we will have the value €3.51 in off-peak hours per 100 km for electric vehicles and €4.84 in peak hours for the same use.
Another example is perhaps more revealing. If you charge your Tesla Model 3 Propulsion from 10 to 80% with a 60 kWh LFP battery, you will need 42 kWh. This gives us 11.30 euros in peak hours under the new tariffs and 8.19 euros in off-peak hours. With the old prices it gave 10.29 euros at peak hours and 7.46 euros during off-peak hours.
We have taken the example of a basic contract that applies to most French people. With other contracts, in particular for professionals, prices may obviously vary.
What about public charging stations?
Regarding public terminals, it is the suppliers who will adapt their prices. Changes to the price list may not happen immediately, as there will of course be some inertia between the introduction of new electricity prices by the government and adaptation by suppliers.
Fast charging in public terminals is much more expensive than at home, so you need to monitor the development of prices. For example, at Ionity, the price can go up to 0.59 EUR/kWh. So, let’s take the example of our Model 3 Propulsion and recharging from 10 to 80%, this gives us a charge of 24.88 euros.
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Source: Auto Plus
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