Energy: government wants to limit costs for condominiums and social housing

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After individuals, and after very small businesses, condominiums and social housing could in turn benefit from capped energy prices. The Minister for Housing, Olivier Klein, announced, Sunday, January 8 on Radio J, that he will carry out “work with energeticians so that condominiums and [social] donors have no unbearable prices”. He also welcomed that there is “no more hole in the racket” of pricing shields, mechanisms which make it possible to limit the increase in energy prices thanks to compensation from the State.

Three decrees published in the Official Journal on December 31, 2022 are indeed intended to fill the gaps denounced in recent months by the Social Union for Housing (USH), which federates HLM organizations, as well as by the main associations of tenants and co -owners. These texts create a price shield for the 2 % housing equipped with collective electric heating, for the second half of 2022, with retroactive effect, as well as for the year 2023. The electricity charges of the common areas are also included – “This will represent significant savings between lighting, ventilation, functioning of elevators, garage doors …”, explains Nicolas Prudhomme, director of project management and heritage policies at the USH. >

Side heating with collective gas, very widespread, the shield is extended in 2023. This one having proved insufficiently protective for condominiums or social landlords forced to renew their energy contract in the second semester 2022, when the Price were at the highest, additional aid is created, and will apply retroactively.

These decrees constitute “a notable advance”, praised the president of the USH, Emmanuelle Cosse, before adding: “They do not allow to restore tariff equality between collective heating and individual heating.” Individuals benefit for individual heating of regulated gas prices since November 2021 and an increase in electricity prices limited to 4 % since February 2022. This price shield has been renewed in 2023, but on prices enhanced on average by 15 %, from 1 er for gas and 1 er February for electricity.

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Welcome and social landlords therefore welcome the project of the Minister of Housing to confronted the increases in which they face it. It is the same approach as that carried out after the mobilization of bakers and the denunciation by Emmanuel Macron of “excessive” prices: gathered on January 6 by the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, the electricity suppliers have Accepted that very small businesses (TPE, counting less than ten people) do not pay more than 280 euros per megawatt hour (MWH) on average in 2023, while a certain number signed contracts exceeding 400 euros/MWh since July .

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