Bill to boost electric vehicle charging, self-consumption and extend energy tax breaks

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

1. The bill would remove the need for a prior license or permit to install an electric vehicle charging point, except in buildings listed as cultural heritage. A simple responsible declaration would be enough, allowing installation and service to start the day it is filed.
2. Non-residential buildings and parking lots with more than twenty spaces would need charging stations by January 1, 2023: one per 40 spaces in general, and one per 20 in buildings owned by the state administration.
3. Local tax breaks would be created for installing charging points: up to 50% on the property tax, up to 50% on the economic activity tax, and up to 90% on the construction and works tax.
4. Gas stations required by law to install charging points would face a specific penalty: failing to do so would count as a serious offense under the hydrocarbons law.
5. Collective self-consumption through the grid would be allowed when generation and consumers are less than 500 meters apart, regardless of whether they are connected at high or low voltage. Currently this is mostly limited to low voltage.
6. Self-consumption installations with surplus power under 100 kW would be exempt from posting financial guarantees to connect to the grid, cutting paperwork and costs.
7. Several tax measures to lower electricity bills would be extended: the reduced 10% VAT rate, the 0.5% special tax on electricity, and social bonus discounts until April 30, 2022, plus the suspension of the tax on the value of electricity production during the first quarter of 2022.
8. An extraordinary public employment call at the SEPESEPE Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, Spain's state employment agency, which manages unemployment benefits and employment policy. (state employment service) would be authorized with 926 new positions, to strengthen service for job seekers and benefit management.

Who it affects

• People who own or want to install an electric vehicle charging point: Less red tape: no prior license and possible local tax breaks.
• Gas station owners: Obligation to install charging points, with a serious-offense penalty if they fail.
• People with solar panels or interested in self-consumption: Easier collective self-consumption through the grid and fewer financial guarantees to post.
• Electricity and gas consumers: Extended reduced taxes and social bonus discounts that lower bills.
• Job seekers and SEPE staff: Service reinforced with 926 new public positions.

Words worth knowing

Declaración responsable (responsible declaration)

A statement in which you declare you meet the legal requirements so you can start an activity right away; the administration can check later and penalize you if it is false.

Autoconsumo con excedentes (self-consumption with surplus)

Producing your own energy (for example with solar panels) and feeding the energy you do not use back into the grid.

Bono social (social bonus)

A discount on the electricity bill for vulnerable or low-income households.

Cuota íntegra (gross tax liability)

The amount resulting from applying a tax rate to the tax base, before deductions or rebates.

SEPE

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, Spain's state employment agency, which manages unemployment benefits and employment policy.

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