The Minister of Environment and Energy commented on the speech of the president of SYRIZA at the TIF, regarding his boasting about the energy crisis.
But a long answer, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Kostas Skrekas, commented on the speech of the president of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, at the TIF, regarding his insolence about the energy crisis.
The minister’s response in detail:
“Once again, Mr. Tsipras presented a “Thessalonica program”. He lavishly distributed money that he did not bother to explain where he would find it, he unfortunately tried to deceive the Greek citizens with what he said about PPC and proved that he does not know our government policy, since he announces many of the government’s programs as supposedly news that are already being implemented.
Specifically: He wants to lead PPC to bankruptcy again.
His government, of which he is proud today, brought PPC to the brink of bankruptcy with pre-tax losses of 848.9 million euros in 2018, without an energy crisis. Mr. Tsipras announces the “re-nationalization” of PPC, a PPC that he himself left bankrupt, with the parallel establishment of a ceiling on retail. This means that the difference in the cost of production, which depends on the international prices of natural gas, from the cost of sale, will directly burden the State Budget. If retail prices are set at pre-crisis levels and with today’s natural gas prices, this means fiscal costs and an increase in the country’s primary deficit of 12 billion euros per year!
He didn’t know, didn’t he ask?
We inform Mr. Tsipras of the following, which fortunately Greek citizens are well aware of:
1. We are the first country in Europe in the range of support we provide to consumers due to the pan-European energy crisis. Even the Bruegel Institute knows it, but Mr. Tsipras ignores it.
2. We are the first country in Europe to establish a mechanism to recover energy company surpluses. Ursula von der Leyen knows this, but Mr. Tsipras, who announces intervention in the energy market with a price ceiling and decoupling the wholesale price from the price of natural gas, does not.
3. The Mitsotakis government has quadrupled the installation rate of RES. The citizens know it, Mr. Tsipras ignores it, who announces… an increase in energy production through RES.
4. The same is the case with energy storage and the increase of lignite energy production, which everyone knows about, but not the politician who wants to rule the country again.
5. Millions of Greeks know about the “save” and “save-change device” programs. How is it possible that Mr. Tsipras ignores them? The same applies to the energy upgrade of buildings, the financing of municipalities for energy production from RES, the possibility to produce the energy they consume by installing photovoltaics, households and businesses.
6. The decision of Mr. Tsipras to tax the excess revenues of energy companies is also indicative. In fact, he “estimates” that from all this the state will recover 3 billion euros. We inform him that since July the government has already been recovering the profits of these companies with the mechanism that is the basis for the European Union in order to create its own, pan-European mechanism. With the Greek mechanism, in just 2.5 months, 2 billion euros have already been collected and by the end of the year it is expected to be collected around 5 billion euros, money that is directed directly to discounts on citizens’ electricity bills.
7. Mr. Tsipras announced the abolition of the tax on agricultural oil. Bad copy of an implemented policy, as just last month the EFFK was returned to the farmers.
Clearly vague…
We heard Mr. Tsipras pompously announcing that he would set a retail cap per megawatt hour. But he did not say what the maximum retail energy price will be. Mr. Tsipras, what is the maximum retail limit per megawatt hour? And at what level will the natural gas price be set?
We are waiting for answers with interest…
In conclusion, Mr. Tsipras presented today a policy that puts a “noose” around the neck of the Greek taxpayer, with the exception of the measures of the current government that he copied. So, he lost another chance…”
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