Ο μεγαλύτερος αληταρας πρωθυπουργός όλων των εποχών...κατήργησε 8ώρα, εξαπάτησε ηθελημένα συνταξιούχους, άφησε για μήνες τη πλέμπα να χρυσοπληρωνει ρεύμα, βενζίνη και τρόφιμα και είδη ανάγκης και το μόνο μέτρο που πήρε ήταν να δίνει επιδόματα των 10 ευρώ το μήνα.
Κατά το ινστιτούτο μπρέγκελ η χώρα έχει πάρει τα καλύτερα μέτρα στην ευρώπη για την ενεργειακή κρίση δίνοντας στο 3,5% του ΑΕΠ πριν τα νέα μέτρα και συνολικά 6,8 δις
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Plans were announced on 14 September 2021 to offer subsidies on the electricity bills of to the majority of Greek households and small businesses by the end of the year and were then expanded in mid-October. The value of the subsidy was initially €9 for the first 300 kilowatt-hours (KWh) consumed per month and was later increased to €18 for low voltage consumers and €24 for the beneficiaries of the social household tariff. On January 7 2022, the subsidy for households was then raised to €42 for the first 300KWh and €65/MWh for businesses (regardless of size, sector and voltage level). For households included in the Social Housing Tariff (CTO) the subsidy will amount to 180 €/MWh, ie 90% of the increase. The government-owned Public Power Corporation also expanded its existing discount policy to fully cover the price rise for the average household with a consumption of up to 600 kWh per month.
At the same, heating allowances caps and inclusion criteria have been expanded and the government estimates that the number of beneficiaries will exceed 1 million, compared to 700,000 in 2020.
For January 2022, natural gas will also be subsidised for both households and firms at €20/MWh and €30/MWh respectively. VAT subsidies have also been implemented for both groups.
Some of the funding to shield consumers up to December 2021 were funded through the Special Support Fund for the energy transition, with at least €150 million diverted from the increased revenue from the Carbon Emissions Trading Rights System for Greece in 2021. However, the total cost of the measures is around €500 million, while the cost of the January 2022 package (for the month of January alone) is estimated to be €400 million.
Finally, Environmentand Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced €100 million from the Recovery and Resilience Fund for the construction of photovoltaic stations by municipal energy communities will be used to provide power to vulnerable households.
In March, the government €65/MWh subsidy to the industrial sector fell far from covering for the spike in wholesale electricity prices observed after the start of the war in Ukraine (€360/MWh on the Greek exchange).
Reuters reported that Greece spent some €2.5 billion in power and gas bill subsidies since September and detailed additional aid of €1.1 billion of upcoming help, which includes a fuel rebate for low-income households (from utility bills that citizens already paid – profits off RES charges in utility bills, ~0.35bn in late 2021, ~0.7bn in early 2022 -).
In April 2022, the government also introduced a one-time support cheque of €200 for all low-income pensioners.
On Thursday 5 May 2022, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced a new package worth €3.2 bn to relieve pressure on household budgets and businesses from soaring energy prices. The measure would come after the subsidies for power and gas and the one-off grant to vulnerable groups that already costed €4 billion. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also said that the government will set a ceiling on wholesale electricity prices and refund up to 60% of all the surcharges that electricity consumers with annual incomes of up to €45,000 have paid from December 2021 to -May 2022. The disbursement of these fundings is expected to happen in the future.
More importantly, of the remaining 3.6 bn (actually implemented subsidies for rising energy prices), about 1.1 bn again
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