Electricity: EDF promises “stable” prices for individuals until the end of winter

Electricity prices for individuals “are and will be stable until at least February 1, and I could even say until the end of winter,” said EDF CEO Bernard Fontana on Saturday on France Inter.

“Technically” as of February 1, “there is a review clause on the regulated price” of electricity, he continued, but “we expect the government, in accordance with the announcements, to ensure stability” of the price, added the manager, interviewed during the program “On n'est pas l'Eco”.

On October 7, the day he announced measures to lower the price of fuel and fuel by making 10 million barrels of diesel available to distributors to lower prices at the pump by 12 to 18 cents, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also declared that the price of electricity “should not increase this winter”.

An increase decided last August

After two years of successive increases in 2023 and 2024, regulated prices had fallen by 15% on average in February 2025, a first in 10 years. They recorded a further slight decline (0.8%) in February 2026, before increasing by 2.5% in August 2026, while the government forecast bills “stable at least in 2026 and 2027” at the end of 2025.

The regulated prices concern more than 20 million subscribers. They are opposed to market prices, offered by many suppliers since the sector was opened to competition.

Machine-translated from French