The natural gas invoice (including rates and taxes) for the most representative consumer typologies (couple without children and couple with two children) should increase between 0.36 and the 0.21 euros in the monthly invoice.
Natural gas rates in the regulated market rise on average 1.5% from Wednesday, compared to the prices in force in September, representing increases between 0.36 and 0.21 euros on the monthly invoice for most customers.
The increase approved in June by the regulatory entity of Energy Services (ERSE) will be in force until September 30, 2026 and It covers the 437,000 consumers who remained that month in the regulated market.
In March, ERSE had proposed a 4% increase in tariffs, which was then reviewed in low, essentially explained by the reduction, by about 9%, from the forecast of the price of natural gas acquisition by last resort traders (CUR), the result of the decrease in the price of oil, however occurred in future markets.
With the decision announced in June, approved by the Tariff Council and other entities, “The impact on the natural gas invoice (including rates and taxes) for the most representative consumer typologies (couple without children and couples with two children), translates into an increase between 0.36 and the 0.21 euros on the monthly invoice“The regulator then detailed in a statement.
According to the regulator’s accounts, sales prices to final clients in the regulated market will record, in the last five years, an average annual variation of 4.6% in the final price.
The regulator recalls that in the free market, which in late February had 1.1 million consumers, prices vary between traders and depend on the commercial offer contractualized by the customer.
The final price of the natural gas supply invoice, both in the regulated and free market, includes the amount related to network access fares, regulated by ERSE, which reflect the collective use of network infrastructures.
Customers with social fare, both in the regulated and free market, continue to enjoy a discount of 31.2%, calculated by reference to sales prices to final clients in the regulated market.
