Energy crisis: Bruno Le Maire accuses suppliers of not “playing the game” enough and summons them to Bercy – franceinfo

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday. The Minister of the Economy wants energy suppliers such as Engie, EDF and TotalEnergies to offer “reasonable prices” to small and medium-sized businesses. Article written by Published on 09/30/2022 11:06 Updated on 09/30/2022 11:29 Reading time: 1 min. “I think today [les fournisseurs d’énergie] do not play the game enough with their customers, especially SMEs.” The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire asked energy suppliers, Friday, September 30, for additional efforts to guarantee “reasonable prices” for SMEs. C is why “we will meet, with Agnès Pannier-Runacher next Wednesday [le 5 octobre] at 8:30 a.m., all energy companies to ask them to sign a code of conduct”, continued the minister on Europe 1, directly quoting TotalEnergies, Engie and EDF. The companies will undertake to “provide all French SMEs with electricity tariffs. “reasonable electricity and energy, within a reasonable time, with reasonable conditions” with in particular “the possibility of revision” if prices drop, according to Bruno Le Maire. He also insisted on “the possibility for the company to examine the contract without [avoir] the knife under the throat”. The European employers’ organization BusinessEurope had warned Thursday that the high prices of gas and electricity in Europe posed an “imminent risk” of “losses of production” and “shutdowns of thousands of “European companies”. Some energy suppliers offer SMEs “prices of the order of 600 or 700 euros per megawatt hour, where energy suppliers anticipate a price of 200 to 300 euros”, accused Bruno Le Mayor: “This is not acceptable,” he castigated.At the same time, European ministers are meeting on Friday to try to approve emergency measures to stem the rise in gas and oil prices. electricity and deal with the risks of social crisis and business bankruptcies as winter approaches Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share the link