He electricity price continues to be one of the main concerns of Spanish households, especially after the progressive return of taxes which we begin with the new year 2024, with the arrival again of the cold and the heating being turned on.

Furthermore, in recent months there have been several important changes in the energy sector, such as the new way to calculate the price of electricity for the regulated rate that limits the differences between expensive and cheap hours. This makes find our ideal rate It is more important than ever to pay less.

New changes in the electricity rate

But it is also news will arrive next year that could change the way in which costs are currently distributed in electricity bills, which could bring significant increases in the final amount to be paid.

And the Ministry for the Ecological Transition has put out to public hearing and information until December 19 the draft order establishing the electrical system charges. That is, the amounts that are currently used to finance items such as certain subsidies for renewables, the social bond or the electricity debt.

Are fixed costs that go on our invoices and that from January 1, 2025 will be reviewed according to sources from El Paíswhich would have immediate consequences for consumers.

Currently, a typical electricity bill in Spain, regardless of the company, is divided into four parts: the expenditure of the energy consumed itself, taxes that vary depending on what we have spent, the electricity grid access tolls and the additional system charges like subsidies.

The increase proposed by Transition would correspond to this last part and would mean up to 33%but as we said before, this applies only to that part of the receipt, so the total invoice will not increase by 33%, but will apply only to this quarter of the amount of the receipt, that is, it would be that 33% on a 25% of the total cost of the invoice.

Suppose for example that we have a typical invoice for 100 euros for electricityof which 25% will be for these extra charges, or what is the same about 25 euros. Of them, 33% would rise, that is, 8.25 euros more per month would be the total increase according to the proposal for this invoice of 100 euros.

The reason for requesting this increase was end of the electricity surpluswhich the Government used due to the crisis and has already ended, as well as the drop in prices that increases the charges that finance renewables by 39%.

However, this figure could actually be lower since although the part of charges will increase at the same time access tolls will dropwhich on average will be reduced by 4% according to the CNMC proposal and also represent 25% of the current bill.

In any case, we will have to see from the next january If this increase is really approved to know how the bills ultimately look, with a price of electricity that is still high and has not reached what we had before the crisis.

Via | The Country

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