Electricity: Spanish supplier Iberdrola withdraws from thousands of French customers

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A. Sylvain, L. Le Moigne, A. Tranchant – France 2

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The rise in electricity prices has just led the Spanish supplier Iberdrola to take an astonishing decision, since EDF’s main competitor in France has decided to terminate thousands of French customer contracts, advising them to contact another supplier. .

Iberdrola, EDF’s main competitor in France, has hundreds of thousands of customers in our country. Customers who have been receiving a letter for a few days, in which the Spanish operator invites them to terminate their electricity contract as soon as possible. The Internet users concerned express their dissatisfaction on Saturday August 20. “Yet it was Europe that imposed the opening to competition to break the monopoly of EDF”said one of them.

The France Télévisions teams contacted Iberdrola’s sales department by telephone. It is very clear: it invites its customers to change supplier. The operator had undertaken to guarantee low prices to its customers. Unable to follow, he disengages.

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