this People’s Party He announced on Monday his recommendations for dealing with the consequences. energy crisis and to include prices. The document was sent to Moncloa to agree on some of the sixty measures included, including a mechanism that provides incremental discounts on electricity and gas bills to consumers who save the most on their consumption compared to last year.
The government has committed examine the measurements He points out that he will benefit from those who adhere to the publicly-transmitted contingency plan, which should be sent to Brussels this month with austerity and efficiency initiatives to promote energy autonomy against Russia. But also the summary of PP “disappointing” Because it includes certain measures currently in place, some of which are ill-defined and some with direct adverse effects, that the party itself has voted against or abstained from in Congress.
This is how Teresa Ribera, vice president and minister of Ecological Transition, summed up the event, who warned that the bonus mechanism proposed by the People’s Party would benefit consumers with more resources, as it would directly benefit consumers with a greater margin to reduce their income. because it is difficult to consume and serve protect vulnerable households.
“What is obvious is that before the current situation large waste was produced in homes with more resources and therefore The greater margin to save and benefit from this reduction is in families with more resources.Ribera explained in an interview with Cadena SER. “What we actually have to do is think about how to cover the most vulnerable families and the industry at the highest risk because of energy prices,” “we have to be careful not to have the opposite effect.”
PP’s energy plan upgrades progressive bonus system More cuts in consumption over last year, including 5% to 40% discounts on household and business bills for electricity and gas consumption this winter (November 1 to April 1).
“The plan makes offers full of benefits and discounts and doesn’t reveal who pays unless it explicitly references General Government Budgets. “There is a risk that these measures will be extraordinarily large and that the scope of this cost will not be allocated in a reasonable and equitable manner and may have regressive effects,” he said.. The approximate cost of the bonus plan will be 2,900 million eurosIt will be financed by PP’s own estimates and by a public budget that will be passed on to electricity marketers who apply the discounts to their final customers.