According to the Minister of Development, the suspension of the adjustment clause will restore the electricity bills to the levels that were before the crisis. He estimated that other countries will follow the Greek example by October.
Next week will be voted on suspension of the adjustment clause in electricity bills, according to the Minister of Development Adonis Georgiadis. Speaking on SKAI TV and the show “Kalimera” by Giorgos Avtias, Mr. Georgiadis explained that from July and for a year the adjustment clause will not apply in Greece and the “This means that electricity bills will return to pre-crisis levels”.
Mr. Georgiadis stated that business accounts have already seen a monthly decrease and that now, “with the regulation we are voting on, it will be automatic for everyone, because the adjustment clause that is the big hoax is automatically removed”.
Other countries will follow the Greek model
Mr. Georgiadis said that with the suspension of the adjustment clause, Greece goes beyond the European framework and in fact shows the way in Europe that “unfortunately goes slowly on this issue”.
He estimated that other European countries will follow the Greek model until October.
Greece has little dependence on Russian gas
On the issue of natural gas, Mr. Georgiadis stressed that Greece is running very fast and the LNG station in Revythousa, allows Greece to supply large quantities of LNG. He added that our country’s dependence on Russian gas is relatively small and that already this winter through Revythousa “we will have sufficient quantities.”
The lignite units will operate at maximum
Regarding the lignite plants in Greece, the Minister of Development stressed that none has been closed and those that can operate, operate and will operate to the maximum.
He added that next winter everyone in Europe “will burn what they can find” but unfortunately this is not good for the goals set for climate change.
“The winter of 2022-2023 will be a winter in Europe where everyone will burn whatever they can find. This is the reality to put it in layman’s terms. It is not good, it will take us back to the goals of climate change “, said Mr. Georgiadis, adding that in the emergency situation created by the war, there can be no other way.
Mr. Tsipras has not fallen in number since the first grade
The Minister of Development harshly attacked the president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras on the occasion of his estimate that the super profits of the companies that must be taxed by 90% reach 1.5 million euros.
“Do you give one in a billion to have said a number (Mr. Tsipras) and to have fallen in? It must not have fallen into a number from the first grade. “I doubt he knows addition,” he added, adding that no major political slave of great interests has passed through Greece.
Regarding the super profits of the energy companies, he stated that RAE has estimated their profits at around 500 million euros and that 90% of the actual amounts will be taxed, “exactly as the Prime Minister has said.
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