The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has announced the extension of the government's electricity and heating discount "bonos" so that aid reaches more families. Speaking in congress yesterday (Thursday), he said that the government plans to inject three billion euros to protect 40% of households from rising energy bills.
The new measures, which will help limit the quarterly increase in prices until the end of 2023, are to be approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday (18th October) and will lead to the creation of a new regulated tariff for residential blocks and complexes with centralised natural gas boilers. The measures will also cover increases in electricity and heating.
Discounts of 65% and 80% off electricity bills will be implemented for beneficiaries considered to be "vulnerable and severely vulnerable".
The government also intends to create a new category of consumers entitled to a 40% discount off their bills, which is for those working households with reduced incomes and will benefit another 1.5 million families.
In addition, in 2022 and 2023 the budget of aid available for vulnerable households will be doubled. Sánchez said that the average aid will be doubled, to 375 euros per household, and that he will raise the minimum aid to 40 euros.
