GAS PRICES. Several million households still dependent regulated prices of gas will see their bill rise again in December. The increase is 2.4%.
[updated November 30, 2020 09h54] The temperatures cool and you have increased your consumption of gas ? You can expect to see your bill increase next month. After a 4.7% increase in October, followed by 1.6% in the month of November, the regulated tariffs of sale of gas applied by Engie will increase 2.4% on the 1st December, has announced the Commission of energy regulation (CRE), on Wednesday. This upward trend varies according to the nature of your gas consumption. In detail, these are the ones that heat up the gas that will be most affected. Here’s what you can expect in detail :
Dual use (cooking and hot water) : +1.4 per cent. Gas for cooking : +0.6 per cent. in gas Heating : +2,5%.
“The increase for the month of December is mainly explained by price developments on the global gas market”, explains the commission in a press release. A mechanism of smoothing has been implemented until February 2021. The increase would have reached 5.7% if a mechanism of smoothing had not been implemented until February to limit the changes to be too brutal. The objective is to limit price increases that might occur in the last quarter. Indeed, the health crisis, the coronavirus has caused a fall in the price of natural gas in Europe, which could, ultimately, result in price increases at the end of the year.
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