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The 10% increase is much lower than the one proposed by the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), which - based on current market prices - recommended an increase of 74.5%.
So the current regulated price and the price after the increase are below the market prices.
Do they directly subsidise the difference or let the state-owned electricity company work at a loss? Or partly both?
It seems this policy may be in connection to one enacted in 2022: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/09/14/france-to-limit-energy-price-hikes-to-15-in-2023_5996945_7.html
"Very early on, we took strong measures to protect the French public. But everyone knows, and we have to say it transparently: These measures come at a cost to our public finances," Ms. Borne said in justification of the less generous caps. In total, the government's capping measures next year are expected to cost €16 billion, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said at the conference, with €11 billion going toward gas and €5 billion on electricity."
So I would say that the French govt. directly subsidizes this price regulation
Ah thanks, I didn't see the connection in the Reuters article with the Russian war and recent inflation but it's right there in the middle part:
In May, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said France's cap on electricity prices would be phased out and end at the end of next year.
Lots of countries have subsidised energy because of the war, so nothing unusual happening. When I read the news, I was thinking about the overall debt that EDF is collecting over the years and thinking about price increases to help here. But that is completely unrelated.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342612/debt-of-edf-group/