The electricity bill will increase in August. The increase in consumption and the lack of wind lead us to higher prices both in the market and in the tariff that directly depends on it, which is the regulated tariff. The final price should be 10% more expensive than in July.
People who have regulated tariff They are the ones who are directly affected, and also those who know how to juggle best to avoid this type of increase, because it caused the famous light bands put in place on June 1, 2021 to explode.
But how do we know if we have a regulated tariff? The one who obtained the social bonusit surely has a regulated rate. In addition, anyone who has contracted with certain companies such as Baser or Energia XXI also benefits from a regulated rate. If our bill is preceded by one of the logos that appear in the video that accompanies this news, we have a regulated PVPC rate.
These are subsidiaries of large companies such as Endesa, Repsol, Naturgy, Iberdrola or Total Energies, which use this type of regulated tariff to serve. By calling one of these five companies, any national consumer can access the regulated tariff that benefits some 8 million homes.
The stripes of light all national customers have themthe rate doesn’t matter, but in the case of regulated PVPCs, they have exploded, at least now during the summer. The time slots, which essentially convert morning hours and weekends into cheap energy, are based on tolls that are added to the price of electricity. The greater the demand for energy, the higher the toll price, which is why the peak is always in the late afternoon until after dinner.
In the case of the regulated, a new band which is the cheapestand which includes between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., or early afternoon. At this rate, energy is even cheaper at this time than in the early morning.
This Tuesday, for example, the price was 13 cents per kilowatt, almost half that of the most expensive period, which runs from 6:00 p.m. to dinner time. Running a washing machine from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. costs half as much as doing it just before dinner, between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. This is the new summer in terms of electricity consumption.
The reason why this new time slot was generated is twofold: that the regulated tariff is based on the market price of electricity, which marks each hour; and that in summer, and with all the photovoltaic energy installed in those years, this type of energy lowers prices.
