Help to pay energy bills and new rules for self-consumption

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1. The electricity social bonus is expanded: the annual energy limits for the discount rise by 15 percent, and the limit can be spread across the months of the year so households do not lose the benefit in the coldest months.
2. New situations qualify for the social bonus: single-parent families (with an income threshold 0.5 times the IPREMIPREM Indicador Público de Renta de Efectos Múltiples: a public income reference used to calculate benefits and income thresholds. higher than two-parent families) and households with a member officially recognized as dependent at level II or III.
3. Electricity cannot be cut off for households with children under 16, with level II or III dependency, or with a disability of 33 percent or more, if they receive the social bonus and social services certify it.
4. A new Bono Social Térmico (thermal social bonus) is created to help pay for heating, hot water or cooking. It is paid once a year, and the amount depends on the climate zone and the degree of vulnerability.
5. Door-to-door selling of electricity and gas to household consumers is banned, and reference suppliers must include in PVPCPVPC Precio Voluntario para el Pequeño Consumidor: the regulated electricity tariff whose price follows the market. bills how much each time-of-use option would have cost.
6. The right to self-consume electricity is recognized free of charges and tolls for renewable self-consumed energy, shared self-consumption is allowed, and installations up to 100 kW are exempt from registration in the production registry.
7. Electric vehicle charging is liberalized: any consumer may provide the charging service, and the figure of the carga manager (gestor de cargas) is eliminated.
8. Electricity produced during six months is exempt from the tax on the value of electricity production, and natural gas used to generate electricity is exempt from the Hydrocarbons Tax, to moderate wholesale market prices.

Who it affects

• Vulnerable households and low-income families: They get more help: an expanded social bonus, the thermal social bonus, and protection against supply cuts.
• Electricity and gas consumers: No more door-to-door sales visits, and bills will carry more information to help them save.
• People who want to install solar panels: They can self-consume free of charges with fewer procedures, even sharing one installation among several neighbors.
• Energy retail companies: They take on new information duties and can be fined or banned from operating if they break them.
• Electric vehicle drivers: More charging points will be available now that charging is liberalized.

Words worth knowing

Bono social (social bonus)

A discount on the electricity bill for households with low income or in a vulnerable situation.

PVPC

Precio Voluntario para el Pequeño Consumidor: the regulated electricity tariff whose price follows the market.

IPREM

Indicador Público de Renta de Efectos Múltiples: a public income reference used to calculate benefits and income thresholds.

Autoconsumo (self-consumption)

Using the electricity you produce yourself, for example with solar panels on your roof.

Discriminación horaria (time-of-use pricing)

A tariff with different electricity prices depending on the time of day: cheaper off-peak, more expensive at peak.

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