MADRID, 10 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Association of Independent Energy Traders (ACIE) has asked to clarify the configuration of the National Fund for the Sustainability of the Electricity System (FNSSE), since it does not reduce the consumer’s energy bill, but rather redistributes spending, and, “from the moment of its validity, each marketer can affect it as it deems”.
In a statement, the association, of which companies such as Acciona, Repsol, Engie or Enérgya-VM, among others, are part, stated that it sees “insufficient” the amendments to the draft Law for the creation of the FNSSE, which aims to transfer to all energy sources the cost of premiums for renewables in the electricity bill.
In order to provide more resources and security to the FNSSE, ACIE recalled that it presented a proposal for amendments a year ago, among which were the recognition of the fund as a regulated cost to provide collection security, ease in the renewal of contracts and not harm certain customer segments or allow market distortions.
On the other hand, the association considered essential to unify the operations of the National Fund for Energy Efficiency (FNEE) to that of the FNSSE “to mitigate the uncertainty of marketers when setting prices to customers and thus facilitate the management of electricity and the gas”. Likewise, he pointed out the importance of knowing how possible annual deficits will be managed.
The president of ACIE, Asier Gorostiza, expressed his confidence that, despite the fact that the bill is still pending approval, “the Government will clarify whether we independent marketers will have to pay an exact amount each quarter, even if no “. “If viewed in this way, a risk that should be the responsibility of the system would be transferred to the marketing sector,” he added.
In addition, he stated that any deviation in the collection that has to be borne by the marketers to comply with the pre-assigned amounts, “will imply a quarterly cash outflow that will benefit the agents with greater financing”, which “would once again put the medium and small marketers in the sector”.
Specifically, the bill details that the oil companies will assume 43.7% of the financing of these premiums for renewable energies by 2025, while the marketers of all energy sectors must contribute 20% of the premiums planned for that year. .
Despite having moved these amendments last year in three different meetings, finally these points and measures raised by the association have not been considered to prepare the final document that it plans to present in the Congress of Deputies in the coming days.
