Transport aid, 100-euro student grants and energy saving rules

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1. Road freight transport contracts must be put in writing (a waybill) and must state the price, which cannot be lower than the carrier's real costs. New fines apply to those who break these rules.
2. Direct aid of 450 million euros is renewed for road transport companies and self-employed workers (taxis, freight, moving services, medical transport and urban transport) hit by rising fuel prices. Applications are filed online from August 4 to September 30, 2022.
3. Aid is also approved for public-sector urban bus companies (12 million euros) and for rail freight companies (1.9 million euros).
4. Multi-trip passes for Cercanías, Rodalies and Media distancia commuter trains will be free from September 1 to December 31, 2022, and AVANT passes and state-concession buses will get a 50% discount.
5. Grant recipients in post-compulsory education and students with special educational support needs will receive an extra 100 euros per month for four months (September to December 2022), with no extra paperwork, if they turn 16 by December 31, 2022.
6. Energy saving plan: heating cannot be set above 19 ºC and air conditioning cannot go below 27 ºC in buildings such as offices, shops, cinemas and stations; street-facing doors must close automatically and shop window lighting must be switched off at 10 p.m. These rules apply until November 1, 2023.
7. Self-consumption of electricity is streamlined: if the grid or supply company takes more than two months to activate feed-in, the consumer gets an automatic discount on the bill. The minimum commitment to the chosen self-consumption mode is also cut from one year to four months.
8. Injecting renewable gases (such as biomethane) into the gas grid is made easier, exempting direct connection lines from authorization and simplifying the processing of the required changes to installations.

Who it affects

• Road, rail and urban bus transport companies and self-employed workers: Can apply for direct aid to offset rising fuel prices.
• Users of Cercanías, Rodalies, Media distancia, AVANT and intercity buses: Travel free or at half price on their passes from September to December 2022.
• Grant students in post-compulsory education and students with special educational support needs: Receive an extra 100 euros per month for four months, with no paperwork.
• Shops, offices and public-access buildings: Must respect temperature limits, close doors and turn off shop window lighting at night.
• People with self-consumption solar panels or planning to install them: Have maximum activation deadlines and a bill discount if the grid or supply company is late.

Words worth knowing

Carta de porte (waybill)

Written document that accompanies each freight shipment and records details such as the transport price.

Autoconsumo (self-consumption)

Producing your own electricity, for example with solar panels, and feeding the surplus into the grid.

Gases renovables (renewable gases)

Gases such as biogas or biomethane, obtained from organic matter, used as an alternative to natural gas.

Obligación de servicio público (public service obligation)

Transport service the Administration requires to guarantee mobility, even if it is not profitable.

Silencio administrativo negativo (negative administrative silence)

If the Administration does not answer in time, the application is deemed rejected.

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