A price per kilowatt -hour for the entire power consumption, that is, the abolition of different charges per step consumed, the Regulatory Authority of Waste, Energy and Water (RAAE) suggests the proposal to impose regulatory measures on the supply of electricity recently put into public consultation. The proposal is for the constant (“blue”), floating (“yellow”) and dynamic (“orange”) invoices (not “green”) while excluding cases where the consumer has a “smart” consumption meter, which is currently the minority. And it aims to better inform consumers, but it is causing reactions from the suppliers.

The intervention relates to cases where charges change by consumption (a “x” value for the first BC 200 kilowatts per month and a higher price for the next kilowatt -hour or for total consumption when it exceeds that particular limit).

The rationale of the regulatory authority is that the charge on the first consumption step in some cases is used as a “barrel” to attract customers. It should also be noted that the consumer is not practically able to check whether the consumption is approaching or exceeding the limit above which the charge changes (unless it checks the indication on the meter at regular intervals). This feature is provided by smart meters that can digitally send information to the consumer, but the additional condition that relevant applications are developed.

“The purpose of the intervention is to ensure consumer information in a direct and understandable manner. The final decisions will be made after dialogue,” RAEEE Vice President Dimitris Fourlaris told RES Vice President.

On the part of the suppliers, however, as the director of ESPEN (the Hellenic Association of Energy Suppliers) pointed out to RES-EIA (the Hellenic Association of Energy Suppliers) Miltos Aslanoglou limits the variety of invoices offered to consumers.

Market sources have reported that the most important issue, both in terms of charges and the completeness of consumer information, mainly arises when there is a long distance between the charges of different scales and in the case of invoices that are mixed, that is, firmly for some kilowatt and floating.

The suppliers are expected in the coming days by RAEE.