The electricity bill shoots up 45% in the first half of June, with almost 28 euros more

In this way, June points to the second most expensive bill in history, with only 88.66 euros ahead of the first quarter of 2012, "although we suspect that there may be more increases throughout the month," he pointed out in a telematic press conference the Secretary General of Facua, Rubén Sánchez. For this Tuesday, the megawatt hour in the wholesale market, which determines the price of energy, is around 91 euros, the highest since January.

The interannual increase of these fifteen days represents for the average user, according to Facua, 45.4% more compared to June 2020, when the monthly bill stood at 60.58 euros. The average user's bill last May was 82.13 euros.

The average user used by Facua in its analyzes has a contracted power of 4.4 kilowatts (kW) and a consumption of 366 kilowatt hours (kWh) per month.

Regarding the percentages of consumption in the three time frames of the new billing system, the association has taken as a reference the current average user profile without hourly discrimination published by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMC), which consumes 45 % of electricity in 'off-peak' hours, 29% in 'peak' hours and 26% in 'flat' hours.

For its part, the average price per kilowatt hour (kWh) from June 1 to 15 was 13.62 cents in 'off-peak' hours (taxes included), 18.19 cents in 'flat' hours and 30 35 cents during 'peak' hours.

In June 2020, the average price without hourly discrimination was 11.31 cents, and a year earlier, in June 2019, 13.78 cents. As for the average of last May, it was 17.20 cents.

According to Facua data, if the consumption of the average user in each hourly section is weighted, the average price of kWh these first fifteen days of June amounts to 19.65 cents, 73.7% above the 11.31 of June 2020. The price is approaching the historical peak of the second week of January 2021 (from 8 to 14), when it reached 20.64 cents.

Regardless of the daily peaks that have been reached at certain times, the highest monthly price in history occurred throughout the first quarter of 2012, when the kWh stood at 20.85 cents.

Solutions to the "brutal increases"

In a statement, the association asks the Government for solutions to "the brutal rate increases" that electricity companies continue to apply and a change in the new billing system for time slots in force since June 1, "which alone represents an increase. in the price of energy consumed for a very high percentage of consumers and especially harms the most disadvantaged economies ".

Likewise, it considers that the average decrease of 14.2% in the price of the fixed term of the invoice is "absolutely insufficient, especially considering that during the governments of Mariano Rajoy it increased by 103%" and regrets that the fourth vice president and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, "has not publicly stated that the CNMC must modify the schedules, with the advance of the 'valley' period at 22.00 hours from Monday to Friday" that Facua claims.

This body has already pointed out that it is hasty to do so after the request of two ministers of United We Can, although the Government has the power to act on the regulated part of the receipt that controls, the charges.

However, Facua values ​​"positively" the proposed cut of 1,000 million euros per year in overpayments to electricity companies for the non-emission of CO2 in hydroelectric and nuclear power plants.

In addition, the association demands "a reform of draft" of the social bond so that many more families can benefit from it and a reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the bill of domestic consumers, who pay more than 27% indirect taxes by passing on the general VAT, 21%, plus the special tax on electricity.