MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The electricity bill of an average user accumulates between January and September a year-on-year increase of 70.3%, according to data from Facua-Consumidores en Acción on the evolution of the regulated tariff – the so-called PVPC-.
Specifically, an average user, who has a consumption of 366 kilowatt hours (kWh) per month and a power of 4.4 kW, has paid 1,259.14 euros so far this year, compared to the 739.56 euros he paid in the first six months of 2021.
During this year, the three most expensive bills in history have been recorded. Thus, in March it reached 176.73 euros, in August 158.30 euros and in July 142.40 euros.
In September, the receipt has stood at 137.93 euros, an amount below the two previous months. The year-on-year rise in the last month was 34.3%, compared to 102.71 euros in September last year.
By time slots, this month of September the ‘valley’ period -from 00:00 to 08:00, Saturdays, Sundays and complete national holidays- was on average more expensive than the ‘flat’ -Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 10:00, from 14:00 to 6:00 p.m. and from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thus, the first had an average price of 33.12 cents per kWh and the second 32.56. The ‘peak’ hours stood at 38.45 cents.
In a statement, Facua pointed out that, although the application of the cap on gas and the VAT at 5% in force since July have slowed down a much greater increase, these measures are “absolutely insufficient”, for which it demands that the Government and the European Commission take action “much stronger to end the brutal speculation in the sector and protect families.”
Likewise, it underlines that the marginal auction model is “the origin of speculation and of the disproportionate prices paid by consumers”, for which it has asked the Government to propose to the European Commission “a radical change in the system, since It is crazy that consumers have to pay for the cheapest energies at the price of the most expensive ones”.
For this reason, it considers the measures adopted to date by the Government to be “insufficient” and claims that “in a temporary way, the vast majority of families can benefit from a special social bonus.”
