Electricity bills – Minister announces new aid

The Minister of Environment and Energy, Kostas Skrekas, announced a new aid to households for the electricity bills, speaking on the MEGA weekend show.

He left open the possibility for aid measures extended to gas consumers.

"Right now we have received the bills based on last year's consumption. The final bills (clearing accounts) that had arrived at the end of October do not yet have the state subsidy and the discount from PPC.

"These will be seen in the next clearing accounts, from December", Mr. Skrekas explained.

Increasing the subsidy

"In the coming days we will announce an increase in the subsidy on electricity bills"

"We had budgeted a subsidy of 150 million euros and we said that every month we will come and see how the prices of electricity have fluctuated last month and we will increase the amount of the subsidy.

When we made the calculations in August, the wholesale price was around 100 euros per megawatt hour. Now it has exceeded 200 euros. We had a wide-ranging teleconference yesterday on how much extra money we need to spend to support increased household bills. The amount we have allocated to support household accounts should be increased.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, we will decide in the coming days to increase the subsidy on household electricity bills. "The aid will be horizontal in all households, for all consumers", he revealed.

"We will find the money to support the electricity bills from renewable energy sources"

"The subsidy from the stateUp to the first 300 kilowatt hours is . An average household, with average consumption, consume an average of 300 kilowatt hours per month. PPC increases the discount taking up to 600 kilowatt hours. We are strengthening, so...