Lbrutal increase in the costs incurred by adults energy companies fell violently upon neighboring communities, an affected modus operandi devastating as rarely seen. While there are many suppliers who have decided to terminate their different fixed-price contracts with their customers by risking litigation rather than continuing to suffer its influence, many voices in the industry are already prone to this practice. but a “big problem” that they can overcome by reducing warming in a warmer-than-usual winter.
“This is a problem that exists at all major energy companies. They sign some conditions with you, but… They change it unilaterally as the market conditions change”, Teresa Suárez, secretary of the Galician College of Official Property Managers, proving that breaking such a contract exposes the vulnerability of communities, explains: “They are really doing what they want. No protection. There is no follow-up by the Government to ensure compliance with the provisions (…) You have no one to turn to and this is the most desperate part (…) We focus on finding solutions rather than following the allegations”.
This solution made a real cut in heating hours for homes in Galicia to offset bills that had quadrupled in some cases. As a result, and given the January slope that awaits us, the number of residents who can’t handle that much spending is predicted to increase: “There’s been a lot of patches so far, the Government has subsidized various things, and it’s about to end. It might mean it won’t pay but we really don’t know.Can you predict an increase in guilt? Of course, if everything gets out of control and gets out of control, yes. But in the short term, it will not be noticed.”
“We were lucky that the temperatures were good and we reduced the heating start up by almost a month.” Juan Manuel Bañobre, manager and owner of Fincas Bañobre from A Coruña. After warning this there is a “certain default problem” due to the significant increase in invoices, He states that they signed fixed-price contracts with energy companies and there were companies that unilaterally broke the contract because they could not bear the prices there. “I understand that they will have done their calculations and it is easier for them to file a lawsuit than to bear the costs themselves,” he says, emphasizing that this situation is passed on to the neighbors and there will be consequences. In your eyes, the slowness It will occur in “old buildings with elderly owners, retirees, with limited resources and less facilities to withstand low temperatures.”
Vicente Rodríguez of Fincas Santiago in Vigo agrees, emphasizing that the impact of the reduction in warming is drastic. “Communities that used to be 24 hours have now even reduced consumption to six hours, it all depends on the purchasing power of the community and some have five or less.” He underlines that as the heating is turned on for the first time every day, the default may increase as of this month. “We believe that there may be problems in terms of consumption,” he explains, and reminds that it will be “very difficult” to deal with defaults: “As soon as they happen, you have to understand with the customer why they appeared, and you always try to go the friendly way.”
Another example of breaking the aforementioned contracts executed by suppliers occurred in Pontevedra, where property manager Seima recently warned residents: “The community has to set the heating program to four hours a day” Because of “a unilateral modification of the alleged Iberdrola.” Similarly, they point out that default from Agromayor Xestión in Ourense could increase with an increase in expected mortgage rates for 2023. From Avogar in Lugo they state: Defaults are already coming, and they will be “much more” noticeable over the next year. “Especially in communities that haven’t been working together for a long time because of COVID and now have to and will approve of the extraordinary spills.”