It has been learned that the government has entered into final adjustments to temporarily end the measures to reduce the burden of electricity and gas charges, which have been implemented as a measure against soaring prices, until May this year. Meanwhile, the government plans to extend subsidies to keep gasoline prices down for the time being.
In order to reduce the burden on households and businesses, the government will subsidize electricity costs by 3.5 yen per kilowatt hour for households and 1.8 yen for businesses, and will also subsidize city gas by 3.5 yen for households and 1.8 yen for businesses. We are providing a subsidy of 15 yen per cubic meter to businesses.
Regarding this burden reduction measure, the government has continued to consider whether to continue it after June, saying, ``We will continue to provide the same amount of subsidy for the amount used in April this year, and reduce the subsidy for the amount used in May.'' .
Regarding this, the government has recently announced that the subsidy for May usage will be reduced to about half of the previous amount, and that the government has entered into final adjustments to temporarily end the burden reduction measures by the end of May.
However, depending on future trends in electricity and gas rates, there is a possibility that measures to reduce the burden may be implemented again.
Meanwhile, with regard to subsidies to keep gasoline prices down, it has not been decided whether they will continue beyond May, but the plan is to extend them for the time being as it is necessary to assess the impact on local areas and trends in crude oil prices. is.