ENERGY - The bill presented this Wednesday in the National Assembly is a first draft that will have to be refined ...
A proposal "ambitious and urgent" but which will still need to be clarified by the parliamentary debate. The bill on the creation of progressive energy tariffs for households, presented this Wednesday to the press and tabled in Parliament, outlines what could be a flagship measure to trigger the energy transition.
According to the text presented to the press, a basic package will be personalized using three criteria: the number of people occupying the dwelling, the climatic zone and the heating method. Three levels of bonus-penalties will be applied: a bonus for the level of consumption "basic", then two penalties for the levels of "comfort" and "waste". The amount of these bonuses will be defined each year by the Ministry of Energy.
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The device should concern network energies, namely electricity, gas and heat, only for private residences. The extension of the system to other energies, water and businesses will come after the first experiments. "We need a year to collect the information, since we must have a complete collection of tax sheets, says François Brottes, PS MP and President of the Assembly's Economic Affairs Committee. The first bills with the bonus-malus could arrive late 2013. "
The fight against energy poverty will require the implementation of "concrete financial support measures", which will be defined within a year. Their objective will be to not penalize low-income households living in energy-intensive homes who spend a large part of their budget on electricity or gas. Thus, the number of beneficiaries of social tariffs for energy would increase from 600.000 to 4 million households, while the ban on cutting electricity, gas and heat during the winter would be widespread. The bill will be debated on September 26 in the National Assembly, and its implementation is likely to occupy the deputies for a few months.
Audrey Chauvet
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