Gas prices: a further increase of 5.8% expected in December

This text corresponds to part of the transcription of the report above. Click on the video to watch it in full. With the cold of the last few days, gas bills are increasing.

And in the markets, everyone says they are very careful about expenses when regulating the heating. “It is programmed to 19.5 for practically the whole winter. It becomes a luxury to heat,” confides a passerby.

Another adds: “In the evening, I go down to 16. And during the day, I leave it at 18. And I wear fairly warm things with me.

“As of December 1, a further increase of 5.8% in the reference price of gas will have a strong impact on the 10 million households who use this energy. In one year, prices have shown an increase of 52.4% in the price of gas. And in the coming months, what do the experts predict?

Gas bills which should continue to increaseFrédérique Feriaud, general director of the Energy Mediator, explains: "At least until the start of next year, we should continue to have increases. So gas bills will weigh more and more heavily on household budgets. "To limit the impact of these increases, consumer associations recommend favoring fixed price subscription offers, rather than indexed and therefore variable offers, in order to reduce bills.

Machine-translated from French