So “for customers who remain on the regulated market (representing 6.5% of total consumption and 925 thousand customers), or who, on the free market, have opted for a similar rate, the average annual variation of the temporary Sales to End customers in normal low voltage (BTN) is 2.8%”.
ERSE said that “the annual variation presented is related to the average price for the year 2022, including the energy tariff updates in April and October 2022, as well as the exceptional rate determination in July 2022”.
So “as a result of these changes, customers in the regulated market will see an average increase of 1.1% on a monthly basis in January 2023 compared to the prevailing prices in December 2022,” he emphasized.
In the same statement, the regulator indicated that the impact of 1.1% compared to December this year implies that a couple without children (power 3.45 kVA [kilovoltampere]consumption 1,900 kWh/year) pays an average of 0.40 euros (38.63 euros) from January and a couple with two children [potência 6,9 kVA, consumo 5.000 kWh/ano] plus 1.04 euros (96.01 euros) per month.
In turn, “Social tariff consumers will enjoy a 33.8% discount on the sales tariffs to End Customers, in accordance with what has been established at the behest of the member of government responsible for the energy sector”.
In the case of network access charges, set by ERSE, which “are paid by all consumers for the use of network infrastructures and are included in the final prices paid by consumers, whether they come from suppliers on the regulated market or suppliers on the liberalized market”. . . , thereby conditioned their evolution”, observe in 2023 “significant reductions”, in certain cases of almost 700%.
According to ERSE, “given the price level observed in 2022 on the regulated market, this reduction in the tariff for access to networks contributes to a decrease of about 35% in the final bill of industrial consumers and of about 80% in the final bill of domestic consumers, thus relieving the pressure of energy price increases on the wholesale market on the final prices paid by customers, both on the regulated market and on the liberalized market”.
“It should be remembered that the impact on consumers in a liberalized market depends on the tariffs for access to the networks, but also on the energy component purchased by each supplier”, he said.
“In addition, the economic sustainability of the SEN is guaranteed [Sistema Elétrico Nacional]significantly reducing the value of the tariff debt by EUR 830 million to a value at the end of 2023 of EUR 878.9 million”.
ERSE recalled that “in the exercise of the regulatory powers conferred on it by law, it shall submit to the opinion of the the Tariff Board (CT)”.
Thereafter, “The Board of Directors of ERSE, after an opinion and analysis of the issues raised by this independent body of ERSE and by the regulatory authorities, approves the tariffs and prices for electricity that will be in effect from January 1, 2023 to be”.
Source: DN
