Fuel and food prices are rising rapidly, consuming more and more of the family budget. It is similar to electric bills. An example of a PGNiG price list illustrates this From the beginning of 2021 to the planned increase in November, rates will increase by about 300%.
According to Wysokienapiecie.pl, in January 2021, electricity prices in the PGNiG family offer were PLN 0.34 / kWh, and customers had to add PLN 4.88 net of trade fees per month. In January of this year, the gas giant’s bid exceeded PLN 1. On the other hand, as of July 2022, the state-owned giant has raised the offer price of electricity to approximately PLN 1.39/kWh.
There is also a significant increase in trading fees – up to PLN 28.45 per month. On average, a family gets 0.14 PLN per kilowatt-hour.
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More increases in November
However, the increases will not end there. From November, customers must take into account the new price list, for which they will pay 1.70 PLN per kWh consumed and a trading fee of approximately PLN 35. This includes the fall hike and VAT, which will return after the end of the anti-inflationary shield.
Taking into account all components of the electricity bill issued to customers (including distribution charges, capacity charges, etc.), this fall may reach About 385 PLN total per month. At the beginning of 2021, the figure was 121 PLN.
Tens of thousands of consumers use the electricity provided by PGNiG. Similar increases apply to other companies of this type, because this is what the current market reality looks like Energy prices have reached record levels.
The situation is different for ex officio sellers (PGE, Tauron, Enea or Energa), since there are no commercial fees, and electricity prices today are PLN 0.42 / kWh total. However, as Wysokienapiecie.pl points out, in January 2023 at the latest, unless the government comes up with a “freeze” of prices again, these rates will also rise significantly.
The head of the Energy Regulatory Bureau leaves no illusions
During the European Economic Conference in April in Katowice, the head of the Energy Regulatory Office, Rafai Gawain, indicated the potential electricity prices for households in 2023. He suggested significant increases.
– If we want to estimate how the tariff may change in the next year relative to that approved for 2022 in the part on electricity only without distribution, then by analyzing Electricity prices With delivery to the year 2023 in the contracts concluded on the stock exchange by the end of the first decade of April 2022, it is Increase wholesale energy prices by about 50 percent.– said Gawain, citing the portal wnp.pl.
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