Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced that the Italian electricity supplier will “reimburse (him) in the coming weeks” to “customers who have had problems with overbilling.”
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Anya will have to take out her checkbook. The Italian electricity supplier will pay 50 million euros to pay damages to its 100,000 consumers affected by bills in France, Agnès Pannier-Runacher RMC reported on Tuesday, August 29. Eni “will refund in the coming weeks” THAT “customers who had problems with overpricing”This was stated by the Minister of Energy Transition, specifying that 34 million euros will be reimbursed this week.
The executives of Eni France, summoned to the minister on August 23, declared erroneous invoices for clients who extended contracts in the second half of 2022, in particular due to the fact that certain state protection measures were not applied. In the fall of 2021, the state created a “tariff shield” on energy to contain the French bill, from which the country should gradually withdraw by the end of 2024.
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Clients affected “They will pay the same price in 2023 as those who are at the regulated rate in EDF today”– assured Agnes Panier-Runashe. The Energy Transition Minister also says she “guarantee” energy suppliers will not take advantage of rising electricity prices to increase their profits by ensuring that “we haven’t noticed it yet”.
Asked about the case of Angie, another supplier called to her ministry on Wednesday, Agnès Pannier-Runascher clarified that it was “from another situation” and that she asked for company “that we check the absence of an anomaly” AND “that we check that customers have been properly informed” an increase in their electricity bills.