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Speaking about trends in electricity and gas prices, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė admitted on Wednesday that without taking any action, price growth would be impressive.
“Considering the situation that this is a temporary shock that should stabilize over time, we found ways with the regulator and Ignitis to level that supposed mountain over time,” I. Šimonytė told a news conference on Wednesday.
According to the head of Government, the reforms to the law will allow the price jump to be fixed over time and therefore prices will rise much more moderately, and in cases where people’s incomes are low enough, compensation will be maintained. .
Necessary amendments to the law may be proposed to the Seimas next week.
Photo from 123RF.com/Electricity Price
“The Ministry of Social Security and Labor has prepared modifications to the Law of Monetary Social Assistance, which we will present to the Seimas with the budget. The income thresholds above which you can apply for cash social assistance to pay the costs of public services will be increased, ”said the Prime Minister.
The Minister of Energy, Dainius Kreivys, presented three directions in which it is planned to work and change the legal acts. The first is to manage the price shock and the second is to try to eradicate the waste of obsolete energy. The last direction is to increase the energy independence of the home.
“To manage the impact of prices, we plan to reduce the peak of price increases to distribute it over the next 5 years. This price increase is temporary and must be managed. Those things were discussed and agreed with the companies and the regulator”, assured D. Kreivys.
According to the minister, the growth of electricity prices will stop at 21 percent. This means that as the price of electricity increases, the population will not get more electricity. Gasoline prices for consumers with stoves have now risen above 50 percent. After the changes, the price will be set at 20%. increase.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Dainius Kreivys
“When it comes to gas for heating, today prices are increasing by more than 80 percent. It continues to rise. The growth of gas prices will be fixed at 30%,” said D. Kreivys.
Speaking of the second measure, the minister pointed out that many municipalities are heating with biofuels and there is a lot of room in this area to improve the system. According to him, during the cleaning of the cracks of the power lines at the logging sites, most of the wood waste rottes and is not removed due to negligence and imperfection of the legislation.
“This cannot continue, so the government has instructed the Environment Ministry to solve the problems.” These biofuel components will start traveling to the boilers later this year. This measure will allow prices to be reduced by more than 10% ”, assured D. Kreivys.
The government will also propose to the second group of consumers to extend the choice of an independent electricity supplier for six months.
“We propose to extend the date of the elections until June, but the final decision must be made by the Seimas,” said D. Kreivys.
At the time, the Minister of Social Security and Labor, Monika Navickienė, said that she would propose to amend the Law of Monetary Social Assistance and increase the influence of the amount of income supported by the state in households by calculating the possibilities of receiving compensation.
“Example: If a person lives and earns € 600” in their hands “, 3 amounts of state funded income will be deducted from their income, this would amount to € 384 and the heating bill could not exceed 10%. [šios sumos]. All other prices must be reimbursed, “noted M. Navickienė.
Photo by Paulius Peleckis / 15min / Monika Navickienė
At that time, 2 state-supported income amounts will be calculated for the people living in the group.
Now, if a person lives alone, they are deducted 1.5 times the amount of income supported by the state and 1 person per group.
It is estimated that after the implementation of the changes, 15 thousand will receive compensation. more people than before.
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