New setting on the market power It is formed next time with two new categories invoice (“Orange” and “Red”) and possible abolition of the “green”, which conflicts the fact that these invoices – although usually more expensive than the rest – remains a large number of consumers.
Another new element in which the Waste, Energy and Water Regulatory Authority (RAAE) is turning its attention is the additional services that increasingly electricity suppliers in the Greek market provide their customers at invoices or in the form of gifts, with the aim of preventing them from being prevented.
As suppliers are expected to be more intense in the field of energy saving, the text of the Consultation of the RAAE energy sector (head of Mr. D. Fourlaris) launched last week states, inter alia:
The provision of additional services (meaning beyond the supply of electricity) is not based on the requirement of the energy framework but on a business decision of the supplier, which it receives completely freely, on the basis of its estimation of the reapped benefit. Consequently, the additional services, regardless of their character (energy or not) and their terms of provision (free or not or on the basis of special arrangements), constitute a field of activity that is distinguished by the supply of electricity. This field is obviously open to competition and allows other businesses to be operated, in addition to electricity suppliers. In any case, the development of these parallel activities should not be linked or based on the utilization of the benefits obtained by electricity suppliers from their capacity and their contract with customers. Otherwise, the utilization of the electricity contract for the purposes of others, in addition to the basic designated, is controlled in the light of abuse – virtuality. ” Consequently, an electricity supply invoice may be offered under the procurement contract with an additional energy service without such bonding to impose additional terms or rhetoric (eg premature departure) on the electricity supply contract. The supplier’s right to impose premature withdrawal of the electricity supply contract is solely related to the provision of electricity supply and is quantified accordingly to the cost (risk) undertaken by the supplier for non -change the supply billing under the wholesale market.
In other words, if, for example, a consumer agrees with his supplier to install a photovoltaic or heat pump, this does not mean that he will be obliged to remain a customer of the supplier for the whole period required to repay the project.
In terms of invoices, the consultation of RAAE suggests that the introduction of a new category beyond blue (fixed), yellow (floating) and orange (dynamically, launched for those who have a smart meter. They are the red “flexible” invoices flexible invoices that can include:
(a) Scalable pricing per level of consumption, for example a fixed supply (EURO/Day or Euro/month) fixed -fixed fixed charge (EURO/KWH) per grade of consumption, throughout the procurement contract,
(b) A fixed fixed supply charge (Euro/day or Euro/month) and/or a fixed commission price (Euro/kWh), every six months of the annual duration of the procurement contract,
(c) A fixed fixed supply charge (Euro/day or Euro/month) and/or a fixed commission price (Euro/kWh) per grade Commission.
Regarding the “green” invoices created by the energy crisis so that consumers can know at the beginning of each month the charge that will apply, the question is whether they will extend their mandatory provision from suppliers. Green invoices have recently been systematically expensive than alternatives. But the problem is that there are more than 3 million consumers.
Source: RES-EIA