10/1/2021- 2:49 p.m.
Le Big Freeze: France to halt natural gas & electricity price increases
The French PM has announced gas prices could surge 30% by 2022, and increase again next spring – but it won’t hit the public in the pocket:
“We will freeze, freeze. There will be no more increases to the gas price,” Jean Castex told broadcaster TF1.
The govt claims it will cover the energy regulator’s 12.6% bump. Electricity prices will also be frozen, but an increase could be necessary in 2022.
