Head of Government Pedro Sánchez made an announcement in mid-October. A series of grants to lower the gas and electricity bill between consumers Spaniards in fear Increase in energy prices in winter. And despite the worst price scenarios yet to happen in the spring only 15,000 households demanded a 40% discount on their electricity billfrom the originally estimated 1.5 million and only 5,500 community boiler owners gone subsidized gas rate (TUR), the planned 1.6 million, Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Struggle.
“IT important A government tabled protection mechanism“, defended the Minister of State for Energy, Sarah Aagesen, during the presentation of the balance of energy consumption in winter this Monday. It had better performance in gas condition, the subsidized rate for (TUR) householdmanaged to capture an additional 1.1 million users since its launch, total 2.6 million
This helps gas billIn effect since October, in force until the end of the year, but the Government don’t anticipate that there will be many variations in the number of buyers since winter has already passed. The subsidized rate is one Average savings of 31% for homes with domestic hot water and heatingaccording to the calculations of the ministry under the command of the vice president Teresa Ribera. Currently, there are customers with around 5.5 million contracts. free market.
On the other hand, the Administrator has designed a 40% discount on the electricity bill for regulated rate users (PVPC), which he calculated approximately. 3,000 million euros aims to achieve and working middle class Those who were affected by the post-war rising prices in Ukraine but could not access the social bonus. These are households with an income limit of between 17,000 and 28,000 euros per year, depending on the number of members. But although it was expected to reach 1.5 million beneficiaries, it barely reached 15,000.
However, the Government electricity consumers in the regulated market (PVPC) Thanks to measures such as limiting gas, they saved 30% on their bills.
social bond
in all, social bonus applicants the amount of electricity is 1.4 million, Against the 1.9 million goal announced by Sánchez. This mechanism includes a reduction in the electricity bill, which is between 25% and 40% initially, depending on whether the consumer considers it to be an electricity bill. vulnerable or seriously vulnerable, but rose to between 60% and 85% in October 2021. It is paid by the electricity companies and can only be requested if you have a regulated tariff (PVPC).
Specifically, approximately 649,000 of the total number of consumers sensitive and 717,000 fiercely vulnerable. in March these users paid between 67% and 75% less than before the war.
About 20% of beneficiaries classified as vulnerable are extended families who receive benefits regardless of their income. Third Vice President and Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa RiberaIn mid-March, it announced changes to implement criteria limiting benefits based on income, for example: the rest of the householdAfter the appearance of the vice-president of Madrid, Enrique Ossoriois a recipient of this subsidy, but still from the Government They’re reviewing the formula. “We keep working because it’s important to do the job well. We’re working in a variety of scenarios to protect families of all kinds,” Aagesen said. said.
reduction in consumption
Regarding the evolution energy consumptionSpain bought voluntary commitment It will reduce their gas consumption by 15% from 1 August to 31 March with the rest of the European Union. According to the calculations of this environment, datas enagas, the operator of the gas market, there was an 11% reduction in consumption. In this calculation included increased exports, both to France due to the nuclear blackout and to Portugal due to the drought. In the first case, sales from Spain totaled 9.4 terawatt-hours (TWh), compared to imports that averaged 3.9 TWh in the same period of the last five years. In the second, exports reached 3.8 TWh.
without S exportAccording to the government, gas demand decreased by 21%. taken into account, import balance of the last five years, the decrease in demand is 23%. On the other hand, with regard to the commitment to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours of 10% peak demand, a 9.8% reduction was achieved in this period.