Electricity, gas, petrol why prices are increasing and how to lower your bill?

Fuels

Since the beginning of the year, the rise in the price of gasoline has been indisputable.For example, the liter of diesel has increased by 12 %, when the Sans-Plomb 95 jumped 16 %, and the Sans-Plomb 98 flew by 17.5 %.The liter of diesel is thus displayed today on average at € 1.43, that of SP95 to € 1.58, and that of SP98 at € 1.66.Levels that flirt with those experienced by the French in October 2018, and which had caused the beginning of the anger of the yellow vests.

As with all the energies whose prices have been increasing spectacular in recent months, the cause has to be put to the assets of the exit from the health crisis, and the significant economic recovery that accompanies it.At the height of the pandemic, petroleum producers agreed to reduce their production in order to slow down the price of the barrel.When the demand came back in force, the supply was not entirely ready to follow, due to the lack of sufficient production.And the prices soaring, to the pump.

Can we lower the bill?

Impossible to negotiate the price of gasoline with your pump attendant here.However, solutions are available to consumers.Applications exist in particular to help you find the station at the lowest prices around you.At the level of the State, a drop in taxes, which constitute for two thirds the price of gasoline, could help, but it is unlikely that the executive plans to lower its tax revenue when it is necessary to negotiate the turnrecovery.

Electricity

In a less impressive way than for gas, regulated electricity prices have also experienced a constant increase in recent years, exacerbated in recent months by the health crisis.The economic recovery has indeed caused an increase in demand for electricity, boosted by increasing needs inherent in ecological transition, while power plants producing energy are less available.

In question: confinement, which postponed the various maintenance programs.In addition, EDF, which remains the first producer in France - and in Europe - only reserves a certain portion of its production to alternative suppliers (33 % at most).An insufficient portion for these suppliers, then forced to buy electricity on European markets, where courses increase due to the increase in CO2 prices.Another point to remember: part of the cost of electricity is in its transport, and this share only increases with the multiplication of renewable energy production points, more scattered in the territory.

Can we lower the bill?

As with gas, it must be possible to lower your bill by finding the price per kilowatt hour most interesting thanks to the supplier comparator of the National Energy Mediator.Another possibility: to rely on government aid via the energy check that the executive increased by € 100 in order to compensate for increases.However, this aid is only reserved for households whose reference tax income is less than € 10,800 per consumption unit.

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Gas

For almost two years, regulated natural gas prices have only increased.Precisely, between January 1, 2019 and September 2021, they jumped 15.8 %.A spectacular increase which has its origin in several causes.At the height of the yellow vests crisis in particular, during which the executive had decided to freeze the regulated gas rate until June 2019 to calm the discontent.

It is therefore partly the postponement of these increases that consumers have suffered in recent months, in small touches.But some increases were much more violent and sudden, like that of this month of September (+ 8.7 %) and that scheduled for the month of October (+ 12.6 %).In question this time, the effects of the health crisis and the explosion of demand caused by economic recovery.Enough to skyrocket the price of gas on world courses."This unprecedented increase of magnitude is observed in all European and Asian countries," said the energy regulatory commission (CRE).In France, 99 % of the gas consumed is imported.

Can we lower the bill?

Right now, the task seems complicated, but it all depends on the nature of your contract.If it depends directly on the regulated prices, it may be possible to negotiate a new contract with a fixed price lower with your current supplier, or to play the competition (any contract can be terminated after a month of notice).To find your way around in the market on the market, you can find out about the National Energy Mediator's website, which offers a tender comparator to help you find the best suitable formula.

Fuel oil

The variation in the price of fuel oil depends on the evolution of oil prices.The National Fuel Price Average was 878 euros for 1,000 liters (€ 0.878/L) Monday September 13, an identical price for the previous week, according to the latest analysis of the Fuel oilreduc site.Prices that have increased in a year of +2,13 euros.“From the beginning of November 2020, the prices of domestic fuel oil were on the rise, something that had not happened since last May, but especially since January 2020. Indeed, the health crisis hadStrongly impacted the prices of the oil market from the beginning of 2020, having prices but also those of fuel oil tumble down, "observes the comparator.Thus the price of fuel oil was € 0.946/L in January 5, 2020 before falling up to € 0.654/L to November 9, 2020.

The variation in the price of fuel oil remains complex because it depends on the creation of the product itself, its transformation to its transport and its storage.Fuel oil is in an energy that ultimately contributes to global warming, which is why the end of fuel oil boilers is planned for summer 2022. If it still works or remains repairable no need to change it but if it makes thesoul, it will be necessary to turn to alternative energies.About 3.4 million dwellings are still heated to fuel oil in France.

Can we lower the bill?

To lower your invoice, you have to choose the right delivery period (rather in summer), do not hesitate to compare prices via sites such as fertures or fioulreduc.Or move towards grouped purchases that allow you to negotiate several prices.

Wood

While summer is coming to an end, it is still too early to concretely assess the impact that the outbreak of raw materials will have on the French portfolio that heat with wood.But doubt is not really allowed: if the price of raw wood has jumped almost 50 % according to market specialists, causing substantial delays on French construction sites in particular, there is no reasonThat the increase is not also felt in the price of logs and other wood granules of which the French are more and more fond.

As with the rest of the energies whose prices flew during this second half of 2021, the origin of the phenomenon is again to be found on the side of the exit of the health crisis, and the sudden economic recovery whichfollowed.The explosion of demand when the supply was not ready to satisfy it, caused the situation in which the market for raw materials and energies is currently.

Can we lower the bill?

Sometimes to save money, you have to invest.If you heat up with wood, the prices outbreak can be an opportunity to change your installation to switch to a less gourmet wooden model, or which is compatible with wooden forms with high calorific power, such as pellets or pellets.Made up of wood powder, they are more expensive to buy, but consumed much less quickly.More and more often now, the possibility exists for buyers, via certain sites, to also come together to buy wholesale and reduce the bill by 10 % to 15 %.