The Government has approved in the Council of Ministers a package to soften the impact of the strong increase in the price of energy on households considered vulnerable.
The package includes an increase in the coverage included to these families in the electricity and thermal social voucher, raising the discount on the receipt to 70%, and the delivery of a heating check valued at 90 euros to guarantee thermal comfort in the colder months.
The first measure will be financed directly by the large marketers on which the obligation to supply vulnerable consumers falls. The discounts will now go from 25% to 60% in general and from 40% to 70% for severe cases. The increase in protection will be temporary, until the end of March 2022, and will benefit 1.2 million consumers. As of that date, the Government trusts that energy prices will return to their pre-summer levels.
Regarding the check, the funds will be paid for by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and sent to the different autonomous communities, which will be in charge of proceeding with their payment.
"Hopefully it will be available in December," explained the Vice President of Ecological Transition,
Teresa Ribera,
during the press conference after the Council of Ministers.
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