The French competition watchdog warns artificial pricing is unhelpful for consumers and stifles market rivalry. The energy regulator disagrees. The French government should prepare to abolish regulated power tariffs (TRVs), the Autorité de la Concurrence, the nation’s competition watchdog has said. In a statement published on Tuesday, the regulator said that the mechanisms « blur the price signals that should encourage consumers to reduce their energy consumption, and heavily affect competition ».
The TRVs are government-set electricity prices that are designed to ensure cost stability for customers, protecting them against wholesale price fluctuations.
[…] Anna Creti, professor at Université Paris Dauphine, nonetheless told Euronews that leaving TRVs in place is in conflict with European rules on fair competition..[…]