In a comparison between SYRIZA’s rule and present the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, Nikos Tsafispeaking yesterday (5.5.2025) in the House. Preceded by SYRIZA’s question, accusing the government of high prices power and to manipulate the market by producers.
Nikos Tsafos argued that Greece is not the only one where high electricity prices are observed, but there are seven countries in the SE European region with absolute correlation. By extension, the problem is regional and European, which is why the government has made it in Brussels to find a central solution.
At the same time, the RIS does not consider that there are manipulation phenomena and systematic overlapping in the wholesale market. On the contrary, the view of the Raev regulatory authority is that over -theses occur, but they are a normal part of the operation of a market, where many RES units are involved, so it is highly variable from day to day.
“Our position is that market supervision is a constant effort to ensure that the consumer pays lower prices than the European average,” Mr Tsafos added.
He compared between SYRIZA’s years of governance, saying that “in 2019 we had the highest wholesale price in Europe. Curiously we also had a bankrupt PPC, with losses of 1 billion euros. Domestic production had been reduced and we had 18%imports. At the same time, there was stagnation at the new RES facilities on SYRIZA. In 2024 we were the seventh more expensive. This is not good, but there is an improvement. We have become an energy exporter for the first time since 2000. We have been seventh in the world in the share of RES and we have a politician that evolves into regional power. If you compare, you see the difference. “