A new report by France’s ‘Commission de regulation de l’énergie’
(Energy regulation commission) has revealed that consumers should expect
a 30% increase in the cost of electricity by 2017.
More than one-third of that hike is accounted for by a doubling of the ‘contribution au service public de l’électricité’, a tarif which goes towards funding renewable energy development in France.
President of the energy watchdog, Philippe de Ladoucette, was blunt in his appraisal. “We are confronted with a reality. We can’t have a policy of renewable energy development, but also tell you it will cost nothing,” he told Europe 1 radio on Monday.
In recent years, French consumers have been accustomed to an annual increase in electricity costs of between 1% and 3%, according to French daily Le Figaro.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20130627/french-electricity-bills-set-to-rocket
More than one-third of that hike is accounted for by a doubling of the ‘contribution au service public de l’électricité’, a tarif which goes towards funding renewable energy development in France.
President of the energy watchdog, Philippe de Ladoucette, was blunt in his appraisal. “We are confronted with a reality. We can’t have a policy of renewable energy development, but also tell you it will cost nothing,” he told Europe 1 radio on Monday.
In recent years, French consumers have been accustomed to an annual increase in electricity costs of between 1% and 3%, according to French daily Le Figaro.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20130627/french-electricity-bills-set-to-rocket
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