Post-Arenh regulation: what has been decided and what remains to be decided

On 14 November, the government and EDF presented the framework for the future regulation of French nuclear electricity. Planned to replace Arenh (regulated access to historical nuclear electricity) on 1ᵉʳ January 2026, the mechanism still has many grey areas, which a public consultation is due to clarify. The government intends to translate the mechanism into the energy production law, which it will present in early 2024.

15 November 2023 at 7h45

Bruno Le Maire, ministre de l'Economie, Luc Rémont, président directeur général d'EDF et Agnes Pannier-Runacher, ministre de la Transition énergetique, lors d'une conférence de presse à Bercy sur le prix de l'électricité, à Paris, le 14/11/2023. ©Photographie par Xose Bouzas / Hans Lucas.

After months of discussions behind closed doors, it's time for "honesty", decides Bruno Le Maire. In front of an audience of journalists, EDF staff and Emmanuelle Wargon, Chairwoman of the French Energy Regulation Commission (CRE), the Minister for the Economy revealed an open secret: the negotiations between the French government and EDF on the new framework for regulating electricity prices, presented at Bercy on 14 November, had been "long and sometimes difficult".

An understatement. In March, before the National Assembly's…

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