The thing in France is that the "state entity" (EDF) doesn't handle everything. It's not even fully "state" anymore. There has been a "liberalization" of the en

The thing in France is that the "state entity" (EDF) doesn't handle everything. It's not even fully "state" anymore. There has been a "liberalization" of the energy market for the end clients, and some have opted for "market pricing" from third-party companies. They're likely feeling the burn. In my case, my electric bill hasn't moved (my usage is fairly constant). I opted for the "state entity" and for the "regulated price". It's not entirely clear what will happen next year, though. Although there's talk about renationalizing the state entity, which would, probably, allow more lee-way to the state to control the prices. There's also talk about hurrying up the service of the stopped nuclear reactors. That could also help lower demand for gas, at least from the gas power stations that have to fill in the baseline, which should lower gas prices, hence electricity prices (via the peg). I'm unable to estimate the proportion of gas that has to fill in for nuclear compared to other uses. I admit I'm not very well versed in all this, so I may be missing something.