Elisabeth Borne will detail at the end of the week a “double device” for companies and communities that are not protected from the rise in energy prices by the tariff shield, the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, announced on Wednesday.
The President of the Government has presented to the Council of Ministers all the measures adopted or being studied by the Government to “protect our entire economic fabric” and “leave no one on the sidelines”. The “tariff shield” introduced by the state, which limits price increases to 15% in 2023, aims to contain household bills in the face of the increase linked in particular to the war in Ukraine. Very small businesses and small local communities also benefit.
For the others, “there will be a double device that will be additional”, explained Olivier Véran to the press during the report of the Council of Ministers. D’abord, “un amortisseur sur la hausse des prix”, pour en “limiter l’impact”, concerned “la plupart des entreprises de notre pays, l’ensemble des collectivités mais aussi les hôpitaux, les universités”, at -el he says.
“For both large companies and those with high energy consumption, a single window system will allow each situation to be addressed individually,” he added without further details. “On these new devices currently under discussion with the European Commission, Elisabeth Borne will have the opportunity to present things in detail and in figures for this weekend,” she explained.
Many companies remain excluded
Dans une lettre à la Première ministre consultée ce mercredi par l’AFP, les employer organizations U2P (Union des entreprises de proximité) et FNSEA (Fédération nationale des syndicats d’exploitants agricoles) ont souligné l’insuffisance de pistes jusque-là avancées par government.
According to the two organizations, the criteria used at this stage (a minimum price of around 300 euros per MWh to access aid for electricity and energy bills representing 3% of billing to access the window dedicated to intensive business in energy) still exclude many of the companies they represent.
They ask that the regulated electricity tariff be extended to all very small businesses and not only to those whose electricity meter shows a power of less than 36 kilovolt-amperes. This track was under study within the government a few days ago.
Source: BFM TV
