Súčasné trhové ceny energií sú naďalej oveľa vyššie ako platné ceny za dodávku elektriny a plynu pre domácnosti a mnohých zraniteľných odberateľov mimo domácností.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO) assumes that consumers will spend 392 million euros on the support for green electricity this year. Last year, the plans stood at 364 million euros.
Last year, the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO) registered 512 motions on unfair practices of door-to-door salespeople. This year, the Office has received 130 motions. URSO warns particularly about the company Slovakia Energy.
Current energy prices at the energy exchange give space for electricity and gas price reduction. The Regulatory Office for Network Industries, however, does not plan to open a new price-setting process and will let energy suppliers make decision on a possible price reduction.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries plans to carry out physical inspections of the buildings, assets, transformers, cars, specific networks and networks of distributors operating in gas and electricity market across the country.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries has already received almost 500 comments within the interdepartmental review. More than 300 comments were major.
The concept of the fight against energy poverty will be updated and submitted to the cabinet by the end of 2016. It means that the new government will combat energy poverty.
Koncepcia boja proti energetickej chudobe bude aktualizovaná a predložená vláde do konca roka 2016. Boj s energetickou chudobou tak čaká už novú vládu.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries would like to reflect falling gas prices on markets into gas prices for households and small companies. The series of regulated gas price reduction are likely to continue.
MPs Alojz Pridal, Julius Brocka and Juraj Mikus have proposed an ordinary fine instead of removing the annual support for those producers who fail to fulfil their reporting obligations. The Parliament has showed no understanding for their amendment to the Act on the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources.
According to the Financial Policy Institute, the full abolition of the regulation of electricity and gas prices for Slovak households could be considered in five years. It is necessary to achieve a certain degree of change of suppliers and market concentration.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries states that a majority of green energy manufacturers have already fulfilled their duties this year. The Office is still completing and verifying data.
While last year the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO) worked with the price of 35.3072 euros per megawatt hour when setting this year’s electricity prices for households, this year it will be almost almost 2 euros less.
Currently, electricity producers are charged for the access to the grid for 30% of the installed capacity. According to a member of the board of directors of Zapadoslovenska Distribucna, Marian Kapec, it would be logical if manufacturers paid G-tariff at 100% of the installed capacity which could reduce the price of electricity for consumers.
Companies ZSE Energia, Vychodoslovenska Energetika and Stredoslovenska Energetika dominate electricity supplies and gas utility Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel gas supplies.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries has initiated the pricing procedure on its own initiative. The regulator refused to reveal how much gas prices for Slovak households and small businesses will decline.