Question 34398 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mrs. Bénédicte Peyrol draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition to the “Hercules” restructuring project which affects the EDF group. Even recently, during a hearing in the Senate, the Government, through the Minister, spoke of its wish to maintain an integrated and public company. However, and taking into account the previous hearings already carried out, the question arises of the consequences of the restructuring of EDF. Among these, there is the question of tariff equalization. This equalization is the legacy of a long and historic journey, going from the observation made by the Genissieu commission in 1934 to the nationalization of electricity and gas in 1946 and to universal departmental equalization in 1959, until the generalization of the principle of national equalization in the 1980s. The principle of not making a difference between territories, urban or rural areas, while the underlying costs are different, seems to win the support of the French (IFOP survey of January 2017 indicating that 67% of French people wanted to maintain the principle of tariff equalization). This question in the context of restructuring is particularly present because it has been several years since tariff equalization has been debated, both by the subject of regionalization of energy production and the implementation of signals that the tariff should send in order to have a rational use of the resource. This question is of course subject to the maintenance of regulated sales rates (TRV) which still exist for individual contracts as well as for communities and professionals meeting a certain number of criteria. The “Hercules” restructuring project calls for also in many areas such as medium and long-term industrial strategy, while respecting CO2 emission objectives. Also, she wishes to know her intentions regarding the questions raised and more particularly on the future of tariff equalization.

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