The Government has approved a decree in functions that assures renewable energy companies with wind farms or photovoltaic plants already installed, from Iberdrola or Acciona to the smallest, an annual remuneration of 7.4% until 2031. This has been done approved the Council of Ministers, which alleges reasons of urgency and to try that the investors of this sector who have filed lawsuits against the State are encouraged to withdraw complaints from the past in exchange for this guarantee of high future remuneration.

The Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera , thus conditions this component of the electricity bill until 2031 without waiting for the formation of a new Government in which an eventual entry of Podemos could object. According to the agreement of the Council of Ministers, it is a "reasonable return" . This guarantee of profitability means stretching twelve years more than the one set by the PP Government that the renewable energy sector considered too low compared to that guaranteed by the previous Zapatero Executive. The PP Government granted this profitability in a context of interest rates much higher than the current one.

The 7.4% ribbon is guaranteed for companies with facilities prior to 2013 in order to withdraw the lawsuits filed after the scissoring of that year. "This measure shall not apply when there is the right to receive compensation as a result of a final judgment or a final arbitration award , or the ongoing arbitration or judicial proceedings are kept open, unless credible waiver is accredited to the perception of said compensation. compensation, continuation or restart of these processes ". That is to say, if you continue to fight you will not be able to benefit from this gesture until 2031.

For the rest, a remuneration of 7.09% is guaranteed from January 1, 2020 until 2025. It is slightly lower than that offered by the PP Government, despite the sharp drop in current interest rates, and second, without discussion, the proposal of the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) .

According to the Government it is done "to give certainty and visibility to renewable, cogeneration and waste facilities for the next regulatory period and to activate a response for facilities that saw their remuneration regime modified with the 2013 regulations, is key to strengthening credibility of the Spanish commitment to changing the energy model and mobilizing the investments we need from now on. "

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