The government confirms: the extension of the subsidy to renewable energies is ruinous

Left Bloc member Jorge Costa had already pointed out that the extension of the subsidy to wind farms in 2013 had been a PSD / CDS government bonus to energy companies, which cost 1,000 million to consumers. In the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (IPC) on excessive energy revenues, Mira Amaral, former Minister of Industry Government of Cavaco Silva, reported similar damages to consumers.

ERSE estimates confirm that the wind energy subsidy costs a billion / year

Last Friday, the former Secretary of State for the Environment, Carlos Pimenta, in statements to the CPI, questioned this prediction, claiming, according to Saturday :

but I tell you also honestly: me and M. [Jorge Costa do Bloco] only in 10 years, we will know who had reason, before we know it. "

Second (19459009), forecasts based on data from the Energy Services Regulatory Agency (ERSE) and the Directorate General of Energy and Geology (DGEG), indicate that In 2026 only the value of the extra cost with the production in Reg

According to ERSE, PRE is one of the parcels of costs of general economic interest, which are responsible for 40% of the value paid by domestic consumers

The regulator's calculations estimate that renewable energies are responsible for 24.1% of the domestic consumer bill and the additional cost will be of the order of 1 268 million euros in 2018.

ERSE also estimates that each family will pay for renewable energies 132 euros in 2018, on average, since the average energy bill is 45.7 euros per family.

Jorge Costa, deputy of the group and rapporteur of the IPC, states that "the ERP is not excessive rent "But" a mechanism should have been considered that would readjust the value of the subsidized portion of the tariff over time. "

Portugal is currently the second EU country with the most expensive electricity in terms of purchasing power parity, after Germany.