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What it is

Bill to scrap the tax on electricity production

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 19 September 2018. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Official title: Private member's bill amending Law 15/2012, of December 27, on fiscal measures for energy sustainability, for the suppression of the tax on the value of the production of electrical energy.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000273· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would set the tax on the value of electricity production at 0%. The goal is to lower power bills, which the text says would drop by around 7%.
  2. To make up for the lost revenue, the cap on what the electricity system can receive from auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances would rise from 500 million to 2 billion euros.
  3. Renewable, cogeneration and waste installations with a special compensation scheme would stop receiving the amount they no longer pay in tax. The Government would have to adjust their compensation parameters within three months.
  4. The National Markets and Competition Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia) would have to publish an annual report on how the tax affects the final price of electricity, sent to the Government before December 31 each year.

Who it affects

  • Electricity consumers: Would see their power bills drop by around 7% if the cut is passed on to prices.
  • Electricity producers: Would no longer pay the tax on the value of their production.
  • Renewable, cogeneration and waste installations with a special scheme: Their compensation would be reduced by the amount of the scrapped tax.
  • National Markets and Competition Commission: Would have to produce an annual report on the tax's impact on prices.

Words worth knowing

Impuesto sobre el valor de la producción de la energía eléctrica
A tax paid by companies on the electricity they generate.
Régimen primado (special compensation scheme)
A system under which certain renewable, cogeneration and waste installations receive regulated compensation.
Derechos de emisión de CO2 (CO2 emission allowances)
Permits companies must buy in order to pollute; they are auctioned and the proceeds go to the State.
Mercado mayorista de electricidad (wholesale electricity market)
The market where electricity is bought and sold before it reaches consumers.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced19 September 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted25 September 2018The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Sept 2018Dec 201811. 19 September 2018: Presentación22. 25 September 2018: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 25/09/2018 hasta 28/09/201833. 25 September 2018: Calificación44. 28 September 2018: Gobierno Contestación desde 28/09/2018 hasta 06/11/201855. 6 November 2018: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 06/11/2018 hasta 05/03/201966. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It was presented again:

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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