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French Household Gas Benchmark Set to Rise for September

The Local reports a 5.6 percent increase in France's benchmark household gas price, while a separate report gives a US gasoline average of around $4.53 a gallon.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 12, 2026, 9:23 a.m. ET
France's benchmark household gas price — the prix repère de vente de gaz, or PRVG — is set to rise 5.6 percent for , according to figures from the Commission de régulation de l'énergie, the French energy regulator, as reported by The Local. The Local reports that around six million households in France, or about 60 percent of residential gas customers, will see their gas bills rise as a result. Households on fixed-price plans will see no change, according to the same report. The two available sources describe different measures and different figures, and neither outweighs the other. The Local reports the measure as the French benchmark household gas price, ; newsradio1310.com reports a , citing AAA, at . The figures are not directly comparable and are reported here as each outlet stated them. The reasons behind the French increase were not given in the reporting available, and no further detail on how the regulator arrived at the figure has been published. This is a developing story and figures may be revised.

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  1. Version 513 Aug 2026, 16:39

    Added the Daily Kos figure — U.S. average per gallon back over $4 on Wednesday, as of Aug. 12-13, 2026 — to the range of conflicting reports, and noted it in the headline framing.

  2. Version 413 Aug 2026, 00:17

    Added Washington Examiner reporting of the U.S. national average above $4 per gallon, citing GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan, and updated the headline and source count accordingly.

  3. Version 312 Aug 2026, 15:38

    Added Forbes' inflation-adjusted U.S. figures (Macrotrends data), the $0.68–$1.19 year-on-year range, per-mile and per-household cost estimates, and the differing reference periods.

  4. Version 212 Aug 2026, 13:23current

    Added the separately reported AAA figure of around $4.53 a gallon for the US national gasoline average from newsradio1310.com, presented alongside The Local's 5.6 percent French benchmark rise as differing measures.

  5. Version 112 Aug 2026, 11:07

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