The management of electricity consumption in France is about to experience a major evolution with the redefinition of off-peak hours planned for 2025. This reform was initiated by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and aims to adapt the tariff system to the new realities of the energy market and changes in French consumption habits.

Reduced rates

Currently, the peak/off-peak hours option allows consumers to benefit from reduced rates during certain periods of the day, generally at night, when the demand for electricity is lower. However, with the rise of renewable energies (and in particular photovoltaics) and the evolution of electrical uses (heating, electric cars), this system no longer reflects periods of high and low demand on the network.

The CRE is therefore proposing a major overhaul of this system. One of the main new features would be the introduction of off-peak hours in the afternoon in summer to take into account the abundant production of solar electricity during this period, explain our colleagues from Moneyvox. According to estimates, 85% of customers who opted for the peak/off-peak hours formula could benefit from these new advantageous time slotswith more than two hours per day on average.

Emmanuelle Wargon, president of the CRE, underlined in an exchange with Le Figaro the importance of differentiating the time slots between summer and winter to align with the “solar bell”that is to say periods of high photovoltaic production. This approach aims to encourage consumers to use electricity when it is more abundant and cheaper to reduce their energy bill.

Change habits

The planned changes would be significant for a large majority of French people: for example, off-peak hours could be moved from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. from November to March and from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in summer. News Summer off-peak hours could be introduced from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.. These changes would aim to better reflect current periods of production and consumption.

The implementation of these new time slots will be done gradually, probably over two to three years from the end of 2025. This gradual transition will allow 14 million French people affected by adapting to these changes. The objective is twofold: to optimize the use of the electricity network and to offer consumers the possibility of making savings by adjusting their consumption habits.

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