New subsidy measures and businesses and households for the installation of electricity generation and storage systems from Renewable Energy Sources -mainly photovoltaic- will be announced by the Ministry of Energy and Environment, as revealed by the competent minister, Costas Skrekas, speaking to SKAI and the show “A”.
He said that before the energy crisis broke out, the government had included the amount of 160 million euros in the Recovery Fund for this purpose.
Referring to the measures that will be announced later this week for the subsidy of electricity and gas bills, he commented that it will be expanded, but stressed that it is not enough.
“The energy crisis is being fed back by the geopolitical crisis. energy “, he stated characteristically.
In this context, he explained what needs to be done to reduce prices, as he said, while increased gas flows are recorded, prices continue to rise.
“The reality is that what is happening in the energy stock markets is unprecedented. We have the most expensive oil, gas and electricity prices ever met. “We have a record price,” he said.
In this context, focus on 6-point proposal sent by the Prime Minister to the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
“The prime minister said that we can not subsidize the increases in gas, as although we have an increase in gas flows and instead of falling stock prices, they increase. There should be a ceiling in Europe, in the international stock exchanges, there should be room for volatility in the day of the price trading and Europe as a whole, all the countries, should make group-common gas purchases and “to make bilateral contracts with natural gas producers in the world in order to keep international gas prices low and consequently will lead to a significant reduction in electricity bills,” said Mr. Skrekas.
As he said, this can not be addressed by each country individually. “That is why we are calling for a central European support mechanism to be put in place quickly in the face of this energy crisis, and the Greek Prime Minister has tabled specific proposals to support households and businesses. Europe is losing competitiveness and the consequences for the economy are very unfavorable. But unfortunately Europe is lagging behind and Greece alone can not set rules. That is why we subsidize the electricity bills “, he underlined.
In fact, he clarified that the proposals described by the Commission, Greece has been implementing them since last September. “We use these profits, the surpluses from the RES account, from the carbon dioxide auction revenue account, and subsidize electricity and gas prices so as to put a ceiling on increases.”
He noted that within this accuracy 7 out of 10 households consuming up to 300 kilowatt hours per month, have a very significant subsidy, which covers the largest percentage and can reach 80% of the increase. “For example, quarterly bills of 400-500 euros, have a subsidy of 270 euros. That is, they would pay 750-800 euros and with the subsidy they pay 550 euros “, he emphasizes.
The bad scenario
Regarding the country’s energy adequacy, in case Russia closes the gas tap, the Minister of Energy noted that our country does not have warehouses to maintain strategic gas reserves. “We have a balancing depot in Revythousa, where the boats come and unload and last about 5-10 days. Lignite plants have lignite in their yards for over 30 days, we have oil reserves that exceed 5-6 months. Right now, we have done everything in our power to have energy efficiency. “However, we are talking about a war that no one knows the consequences of.”
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