The government of Catalonia wants improvisation, iberdrola and the rest electricity companies Forgive the debt of all vulnerable customers providing services in Catalonia. right now only Endesa While there are dozens, he has committed this vulnerable familiescustomers of other companies unable to pay bills Endesa has accumulated debts since 2015, as it has not signed an energy agreement with Generalitat. Social Rights Minister Carles CampuzanoAfter finishing energy poverty table meetingwas held this Wednesday. Sources from ‘Conselleria’ announced that they will contact the group of energy companies as soon as possible.
The government is calling for the first time and to the public. Other electricity companies in Catalonia Sign the same contract that Endesa signed. Naturgy is the second largest electricity company in Catalonia, followed by Iberdrola. However, according to the ‘customer’ these companies make up 3% of the total electricity market in Catalonia.
The problem is that vulnerable families who are clients of Naturgy and Iberdrola have been accumulating debt since 2015. That year, the Catalan law against energy poverty was passed, which prevented power cuts for families who couldn’t pay their bills. Those families continue to consume energy and their unpaid bills pile up. It is common for them to receive continuous collection letters and calls from companies, which only adds to the pain and anxiety of households trying to reduce their consumption as much as possible.
This was one of the star themes at the energy poverty table meeting led by the ‘conselleria’ and attended by social organisations, assemblies, municipal organizations and the Barcelona City Council. Campuzano did not attend, but Lluís Torrents, secretary general, and Mariona Homs, general manager of Social Services, did. This painting is meeting in spring for the first time since June. He did this almost half a year late, when the temperatures had already dropped and cold home and with rising prices for inflation.
Other issues requiring urgent action were discussed at the meeting. For example, Close payment of 17.9m euros to be undertaken by ‘conselleria’ Percentage of Endesa’s 41,000 vulnerable customers in Catalonia. To date, it is the only company that has cleared some of the accumulated debts of vulnerable families. The table also brought up the need. prolonging the electric social bondThis means a reduction in the electricity bill and only 30% of vulnerable families in Catalonia receive electricity.