Increase in the gas bill in sight for French households in 2026

The average gas bill for a French household in 2026 should be around 120 euros higher than in 2025, according to calculations by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), its president Emmanuelle Wargon announced on Tuesday September 15. While the reference price of gas will increase by 6.3% on October 1 due to an increase in prices on the wholesale markets in August, "since the start of the year, that's an increase of around 30%", declared the president of the energy police, interviewed on Radio Classique.

“We have made very indicative bill calculations. (...) The average bill for 2026 could be around 120 euros more per year compared to 2025, if prices are maintained until the end of the year,” she underlined. For the future, Emmanuelle Wargon estimated that it was "really too early to have visibility on prices in 2027. You know, as soon as something happens in one direction or the other, the markets adapt".

The president of the CRE also once again assured that France would have enough gas for the winter, the storage level currently being at 76%, "it is filling up quite quickly, since on August 1, we were around 50%". “We are confident that we will reach the 85% [required by the European Union] (...) around the start of winter, well in any case before the winter season, and therefore we will have enough gas in our storage,” she said. “On the European side, the figures are a little lower, and therefore we will continue to need to import gas, but we have no concerns about our ability to obtain supplies,” added Emmanuelle Wargon.