The premium for the installation of photovoltaic panels on individual houses will decrease drastically on March 28. As the price from which EDF bought the surplus of electricity produced.
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– The stroke of plane on the premium for the installation of solar panels and on the repurchase of the surplus electricity product will concern complete connection requests in Enedis filed from this Friday, March 28.
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On the weather level, this Thursday, March 27, promises to be the most beautiful day of the week, with sun on a large part of the country. What to immerse yourself in your project to equip your house with Photovoltaic panels. Solar self -consumption is emulated in France, with nearly 680,000 facilities at the end of 2024, according to the specialist in energy efficiency Effy. But, too bad for you, aid to individuals for the installation of solar panels will decrease as a sorrowful skin this Friday, March 28, according to a decree published this Thursday and entering into force from “The day after his publication”.
There Installation bonus Photovoltaic panels will be reduced from 600 to 240 euros for a power of three kilowatts-crets (KWC). And from around 1,400 to 710 euros in the case of a photovoltaic installation with a power of 9 kWc. “The installation premium had already dropped 40% for a year”regrets Effy. The price to which EDF is obliged to redeem individuals the surplus solar electricity that they produce will also decrease considerably, going from 12.7 to 4 cents per kilowatt hour. “These plane strokes brake the profitability of investments made by individuals in their solar panels“Regrets Effy.
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Savings for the state
“As early as January 2025, requests for contracts (connecting photovoltaic installations from individuals to the Enedis network) fulfilled half of the objectives of the year! This runaway encourages to reflect on its consequences for the electricity market, to ensure that solar panels are of good quality. We have to regain control, collectively “explained Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of Public Accounts, during questions to the government in the Senate on Wednesday, March 26.
Without forgetting the weight of aid to individuals on public finances already in bad shape. Savings, for the state, generated by these measures “Are quite complicated to quantify but will be online with those provided by the finance law for 2025 for support for renewable energies “replied the cabinet of Marc Ferracci, Minister of Energy, during an exchange with the press this Thursday.
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Decrease in VAT on October 1
Consolation for households, the stroke of plane on the premium for the installation of solar panels and on the repurchase of the surplus electricity produced will concern the Complete connection requests in Enedis filed from this Friday, March 28. There will be no retroactivity of these measures on February 1, as was dreaded since the consultation of the draft decree with professionals in the sector on February 12. This in order to “Do not change the rules of the game during the game for households who have requested their connection before March 28”underlines the Cabinet of Marc Ferracci.
Households will also benefit from a drop in VAT, from 20% to 5.5%, for the installation of solar panels with a power of less than 9 kWc, but only From October 1, 2025. A measure enshrined in the finance law for 2025 and which will apply to “Solar panels meeting certain criteria of quality and eco-unit, which will be defined by a next decree”specifies the cabinet of the Minister of Energy.
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