Mint Énergie, Elmy, Chez Switch: three alternative electricity suppliers singled out by the energy police

The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) tracks bad practices. This time, she denounces the behavior of three alternative suppliers, Mint Énergie, Elmy (GreenYellow) and Chez Switch (Sagiterre) who did not respect the rules of the game. They benefited from advantageous electricity prices. , but did not pass it on to their customers, contrary to their commitments.

Last year, in the midst of the energy crisis, the government requested that an additional 20 terawatt hours be allocated to alternative suppliers as part of Regulated Access to Historic Nuclear Electricity (Arenh), at 42 euros per megawatt hour. A price which theoretically should have benefited their customers. But that was not the case. These additional 20 TWH “represent a considerable cost: 7.9 billion were thus transferred to consumers, individuals and businesses. Our role was to verify that the 4.9 billion euros transferred to alternative suppliers were indeed passed on to consumers. The answer is yes, except for 34 million or 0.5% of the total,” explains Emmanuelle Wargon, president of the CRE.

Five or six are regularly the subject of reprimands. The energy regulatory commission does not have the power to impose sanctions to date. But it can make the names of unscrupulous companies public.