In the Iberian Peninsula, as Galp had already warned, the price of electricity has risen – a lot – this month. Historical climb will hurt companies and families.
The price of electricity rose 187% – The biggest increase in the last decade, according to the. The increase is historical not in absolute terms, but when compared to the previous month, the weekly clarifies.
Is currently costing the triple of the amounts recorded in May: Currently, the average value is located in the 74.2 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). The increase is longer than the period after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As main causes for the abrupt increase in Portugal and Spain, they are two factors: The increase in the cost of carbon dioxide emission licenses and the tension in the Middle East, with the southern Iran, playing a decisive role in the price of energy.
To confirm the current predictions of the experts, the price of electricity should be felt directly in families and companies that have an energy invoice based on prices indexed to the market wholesaler.
The Expresso recalls, still, the values of February of last year, when average gross price was higher than the current one – superior a 100 euros. This is not, therefore, the highest value than electricity has registered in recent years in the Iberian Peninsula – but it is undoubtedly the biggest shaking, from one month to the next.
