The Government is preparing a new system to calculate the price of electricity that avoids market volatility

The Government is preparing a new system to calculate the bill that consumers pay for the regulated tariffs of the

(PVPC), subject to the price of electricity in the wholesale market.

The Executive intends to combat its volatility - around a third, specifically - by setting the price with respect to longer periods of time, not to the daily.

has advanced

and EL MUNDO has been able to confirm, Moncloa's plan is not to take as a reference the specific days on which the PVPC is now supported, but to use

: one monthly, one quarterly and the annual average .

In addition, in this calculation the most stable references -that is, the annual one- will have more weight, also to avoid price fluctuations.

In September, for example, the price of a megawatt hour fluctuated between 61.68 euros on the 17th and 193.36 on the 1st, respectively the cheapest and the most expensive of the month.

There was, therefore, a difference of 131.68 euros, without taking into account the compensation for the gas cap, which forces the consumer to be aware of the wholesale market.

In the different sections of the day there are also variations that during September 1 were close to 100 euros per megawatt hour.

Between nine and 10 million consumers - around a third of the total - are subject to this rate which, before the energy crisis, compensated for these fluctuations with

than the fixed price paid by customers during the term of the contract. of the free market.

The measure will soon go out for public consultation and the Government will introduce it gradually, so that by 2025 it accounts for half of the regulated market.

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