There will be a new category of vulnerable consumers who are entitled to a 40% discount on their bill. The support will also target families with a central boiler via a regulated account. The Council of Ministers will approve the new package next Tuesday.
The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sanchezannounced this Thursday New measures to protect citizens from the economic and energy crisis this winter. The new package must be approved by the Council of Ministers next Tuesday and involves the mobilization of around 3,000 million euros. The goal is to protect 40% of the houses.
Sanchez has envisioned the emergence of a new category of vulnerable consumers entitled to 40% off their bills. The support will also target families with a central boiler via a regulated account.
These are the new protection measures announced by the Spanish government:
– Help families with a central natural gas boiler:
A new regulated tariff (TUR) is being created for neighborhood communities with centralized natural gas boilers, which will limit the quarterly price increase until the end of 2023, as is now the case with existing regulated tariffs. The measure will allow 1.7 million households to reduce their bills to more than half of what they would pay under current market conditions.
– Strengthening the electrical social bond.
For 1.3 million households that already have the electricity bonus:
– Increases the applied discount to 65% and 80% respectively for significantly vulnerable and very vulnerable beneficiaries.
– The amount of energy that entitles you to a discount is increased by 15%.
A new category of consumers is temporarily being created for working households with a low income, who is entitled to a 40% discount on the bill. This new category will benefit an additional 1.5 million families.
– Improvement of the thermal social bonus
In 2022 and 2023, the bonus budget for vulnerable households will be doubled. For example, the average help will be doubled to 375 euros per household and the minimum help will be raised to 40 euros.
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Source: EITB
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