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Madrid complains about EU rules on electricity prices

2021-07-27T17:43:21.638Z


The Spaniards pay their bills at the high price of gas despite an energy mix dependent on renewable sources.


Spain is doing its work to reduce the share of fossil fuels in its mix.

In three years, they have gone from 25% to around 10% to 12% of the total, replaced by renewable energies, wind and solar.

In principle cheaper sources and yet the bill is increasing.

On July 21, the price of megawatt hour reached an all-time high of 106.57 euros.

What annoy the consumer and even, warns the Spanish government,

"threaten the energy transition".

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This is in any case the complaint of the Minister for Energy Transition, which we have just learned that she wrote on June 29 to the Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans.

"Consumers do not understand why the efforts to deploy renewable energies do not translate more directly and immediately into a reduction in electricity bills",

worries the Minister.

Teresa Ribera calls in Brussels for a reform of the rules governing the setting of prices

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Source: lefigaro

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