Decrease in electricity prices by 15%: why will some will not benefit from it?

On February 1, 2025, electricity prices decreased by 15% on average for households that chose the regulated sales rate (TRV). However, not all French households will see their energy bill decrease. Explanations.

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No traces of the drop in electricity prices on your EDF bill? It’s normal! The energy regulation commission (CRE) has announced a Average reduction of 15% on electricity prices From February 1, 2025. This drop has been a first for almost 10 years. However, it does not compensate for the last two successive increases in energy prices that have increased the electricity prices by 44%.

In addition, this reduction only concerns 20.4 million households Having chosen an offer at the regulated sales rate (TRV), or around 60% of the 34 million French subscribers. To this, we can add the 4 million households that have subscribed to an offer indexed to this TRV, which serves as a benchmark on the electricity market.

What happens for customers who have chosen a price set or indexed to the price of the wholesale market?

For those who have subscribed to an offer at blocked or indexed prices at the price of the wholesale market, the electricity bill does not decrease again. Indeed, for more than a year, customers who have opted for the market offer have already been able to take advantage of the sharp drop in electricity prices on the wholesale markets. The price difference with TVR customers should therefore be reduced. However, the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has announced that market offers should remain “Competitive”.

For these customers, the supplier chooses to pass or not to drop the drop in TVR on the price of its offer. Indeed, the electricity bill is broken down into three elements: the cost of energy, taxes and routing. However, on February 1, if the TVR decreased, the routing share increased by 12.9% and government taxes were revised upwards, by around 50%, a sign of the end of pricing shield. The latter has been put in place to mitigate the consequences of the increase in energy prices, via a decrease in taxes. Thus, suppliers are free to distribute as they wish the increase in these taxes and the decrease in energy prices. This explains why, for some consumers, the price of the subscription could even increase.

A drop in differentiated electricity prices depending on the option chosen

In addition, all the households having opted for the regulated sales rate will not see their invoice decrease by 15%. The announced figure is an average of the three offers offered by EDF as part of the “Blue Price”. For customers who have chosen theTempo option,, The reduction is only 2%. For subscribers in off -peak/full hours, the decrease is 16%. This corresponds to An annual savings of 651 euros For a house of 4 people in hot-heating-water-water. As for basic subscribers, the drop is 14.5%. Also note that for monthly customers, the reduction on monthly payments will apply “From March and at the latest to the summer”EDF told AFP.

If the invoice becomes too large, it is possible to change the electricity supplier free of charge and without delay. The contract is automatically terminated by the new supplier, the whole without any power cut during the change of operator.