Gas prices : they increase (also) in February

PRICE GAS. Regulated prices of gas marketed by Engie increase of 3.5% at February 1, 2021. In total, 4 million households still depend on them today, although they are doomed to disappear.

[updated on February 01, 2021 to 08h23] Your budget is already tight because of the health crisis ? You can expect it to be, again, put to the test in February, especially if you depend on regulated prices of gas. In effect, the price of gas Engie increase an average of 3.5% at February 1, . This upward trend varies according to the nature of your gas consumption. In detail, these are the ones that heat up the gas that will be affected the most :

Heating : + 3.7% On Cooking and hot water : +2,1% Cooking : +0,9%

the increase in The month of February is attributed to an increase in the demand for liquefied natural gas in Asia, due to a major cold wave. As a result, the prices resuming an upward trend. As a reminder, a mechanism of smoothing has been implemented until February 2021. The increase would have reached 5.7% if a mechanism of smoothing had not been implemented until February to limit the changes to be too brutal.

the increase in gas prices comes at a time when an increase of the electricity price also intervenes on the 1st February. The regulated tariffs that EDF, tariffs or blue, are adjusted to a height of 1.6% to this date. You want to know more ? See our dedicated article :

Read the article electricity Prices : they increase in February, but not as... The rate-regulated gas disappear

The rate-regulated gas, themselves, are doomed to disappear, since the law of Energy and Climate adopted in 2019. Engie has ceased to offer new contracts to the regulated tariffs of sale (TRV), since November 2019 . If you get a contract Engie, don't panic. It stays valid until 30 June 2023 for the special" .

they must receive several letters of information. From 1 July 2023, the customers who have not changed contract will automatically pass on an offer to market Engie. As a reminder, if you decide to abandon the regulated rate, it will not be possible to go back : you will need to buy a supply at market prices. If you change your provider, you can check on the website of the national ombudsman of energy, here, which provides a comparator offers to find the formula that matches your consumption needs .