The government announced two months ago that it is working on a project. reform of the requirements large families to get their help electricity bills and to impose other energy costs rental caps access discounts (large families currently enjoy discounts regardless of income) and prevent some households who do not really need them from taking advantage of the discounts.
announcement came full discussionIn mid-March, Enrique Ossorio, vice-president of the Community of Madrid, learned that Más Madrid’s regional leader, Mónica García, and other regional politicians from Madrid were receiving social electrical and thermal bonuses due to their situation. families
The executive later stressed that the aim was to carry out the reform “as soon as possible”, but after two months the likelihood of implementing the changes quickly dwindled. Teresa Ribera, vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition, now recommends that reform be addressed with “calmly” and “maximum consensus” With extended family associations, as he highlighted in an interview with TV3 on Tuesday.
The government is preparing a reform to meet the requirements. electric social coupon (discounts on the bill for vulnerable families) and thermal social bond (a check helps pay for some of these families’ gas, water and heating costs) to set the criteria for maximum income per household so that large families can also access assistance.
“Because we work with associations of extended families who show their concerns. more is consumed energy in homes with more people. We want maximum agreement and the dialogue is very productive,” he said. “We hope it continues [la reforma] calmly”, without specifying deadlines for when the editing process will be effectively activated.
Having had at least one meeting with Vice-President Ribera, the Spanish Federation of Extended Families asked the Administrator to reconsider its decision to set the maximum income criteria and warned: enforcing this limit will exclude thousands of familiesAccording to him, these households will continue to need this help to compensate for the greater effort made by consuming more and having to hire higher powers.
Higher rent limit
The government stepped in peace messages to extended families. Vice President Ribera personally confirmed two months ago that given the characteristics of such a family unit and the large number of cohabitants it can contain, they can maintain social electrical and gas ties with others. “much higher” income levels more than should be considered a vulnerable or severely vulnerable consumer.
Although the Ministry of Ecological Transition has not officially determined the maximum income for large families, in principle the plans of the Government are as follows: more flexible and ensuring that each of the children of extended families has access to assistance with higher incomes.
Generally, the added income limits for each additional child are the result of adding 0.5 times the public indicator of multi-impact income (IPREM) set at €8,400 per year in 14 payments this year, but for large families, higher income households receive social bonuses and thermal bonuses. this multiplier will be higher to make it easier to continue.
Currently, households of two adults and one minor can be considered vulnerable and receive the electric social bonus with an annual family income of less than €19,320, and in the case of two adults and two minors the limit is set at 23,520. euro. , according to government data. The limit for extended families from the third child will be around 26,500 Euros.
Allows the application of electrical social bonding discounts electricity bills between 25% and 40% Depending on the degree of vulnerability, however, as part of anti-crisis measures, the discounts were temporarily increased to 65% and 80% of the receipt. Extended families get 25% off regardless of their income. The electric bonus also gives all beneficiaries access to the thermal social bonus, which is a single payment from 40 to 375 euros per year depends on the degree of vulnerability and the climatic zone in which the beneficiaries live.
Execution is also Exceptional and temporary new type of social bonus 40% discount on electricity bill for families with two adults and two children who can earn up to 27,700 euros per year for middle class homes due to the economic uncertainty caused by the energy crisis and war.
Margin to show revenue
When the reform is complete, extended families will receive or be excluded from the social bonus, depending on their income and number of people living together, but one upward correction factor for each child cohabitation is a higher index than currently used for cohabitation units.
The government announced its intention to urgently initiate a public consultation on the new regulation, but this did not materialise. Extended families who have so far only accessed assistance by proving their status will have to submit a new application for the electricity social bonus, depending on their income level to the electricity companies and in some cases their autonomous communities to receive the thermal social bonus.
Another reassuring message from the Ministry of Ecological Transition for extended families is that the new regulation a large transit time for them to carry out all procedures documents required to apply for assistance so that they do not lose the social bonus they have already received. As stated in March Ribera, there will be “a long time” for all these documents to be submitted so that large families in need of help “are left on no one’s land” until all proceedings are complete.