Electricity bills in New Caledonia rose 10% on 1 October, the third consecutive annual increase, amounting to 30% over three years
78% confidence
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The MEP said the increase was '10%' and '30% over three years'; the actual figures are 10.28% for the 1 October 2026 increase and about 33% compounded over the three annual increases (10.13% in 2024 × 9.7% in 2025 × 10.28% in 2026). The claim slightly understates the cumulative rise.
The claim's political assertion that the State 'never gave the territory the means to produce its own energy' is an opinion, not a verifiable statistic; New Caledonia's electricity is largely produced from imported fossil fuels and the operator (EEC) is majority-owned by the territory/Engie, a structural context the claim does not mention.
Sources are regional French/New Caledonian media (NC la 1ère, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, actu.nc) rather than a national statistics office, so the 10.28% and ~33% figures rest mainly on secondary reporting and the operator's own tariff page.
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