The Environment and Climate Minister, Duarte Cordeiro, will present this Wednesday the new measures to mitigate the rise in energy costs, which affects families but also several sectors of business activity, especially those most dependent on electricity.
The government has already proposed several measures to try to reduce the impact of the increase in the price of gas and electricity, which are included in the proposed government budget for 2023 (OE2023), but also covered in the social consultation agreement that has been signed. concluded with the social partners.
The OE2023 is considering the increase, in terms of corporate tax, in companies’ energy costs by 20% and in agricultural production costs by 40%, in a measure with an estimated budget cost of 60 million euros.
The government is proposing an increase, in IRC, of 20% in electricity and natural gas costs and losses, for the tax period beginning on or after January 1, 2022, for the portion exceeding costs and losses incurred in the period from previous taxes, and for 2022 and 2023 a 40% increase in costs and losses incurred in the purchase of fertilizers, soil improvers, animal feed, other animal feed and water for irrigation, when used for agricultural production activities.
The social dialogue states that the government will inject an additional EUR 3,000 million into the electricity and gas systems to limit energy prices and commit to taking new measures to reduce the increase in energy costs for households and businesses.
According to the executive, “these measures translate into significant reductions in electricity costs consumed by economic sectors, including large consumers”.
The savings would be communicated by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE), with reductions of about 40 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) for gas consumed by companies not covered by the regulated tariff (up to 80% of their consumption), ” enabling savings of approximately 20% to 30% over the expected price in 2023,” the agreement reads.
Source: DN
