The air conditioning energy saving and management plan approved by the Government on October 1 -and which includes measures such as the fact that the air conditioning cannot be set below 27 degrees centigrade or the heating above 19 degrees or that the shop windows will go out at 10:00 p.m. is only a first part.

Spain

must submit its Contingency Plan to the

European Commission

at the end of September within the framework of community policies to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas and deal with the socio-economic consequences of the invasion of Ukraine.

To do this, he asked the communities to send their initiatives before August 31.

The measures, compiled by this newspaper, are committed to encouraging self-consumption, betting on Led lighting, reducing the consumption of Christmas lights or that all refrigerated areas of supermarkets have a door.

Valencia: closure of refrigerated areas of supermarkets

The Generalitat Valenciana has sent eight proposals to the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, among which the reduction of 20% of electricity consumption in

Christmas

lights and any type of extraordinary public lighting, as well as the closure of refrigerated areas of supermarkets and facilitating individual and collective self-consumption, as well as creating a traveling team of "trainers" who report on savings.

Three of the eight proposals focus on the need to debureaucratize self-

consumption

and favor the compensation of the surpluses that a domestic installation can generate.

A massive release to the network is proposed but also that the same owner can offset the cost between two homes in which he owns if he maintains the same marketer.

It also proposes to the Ministry that collective self-consumption be allowed in 2 kilometers in general and in 5 kilometers for energy communities, for which it asks for a regulation that encourages them.

Asturias: early closure of public buildings

From the Principality they propose investments to provide ministries or cultural centers with photovoltaic installations or the early closure of public buildings in the autumn and winter months "to avoid excessive consumption", since there are more hours of darkness.

In addition to promoting teleworking, they have also proposed an investment of 15 million euros to improve the air conditioning, lighting and energy efficiency of public buildings.

La Rioja: subsidies for energy investments in homes

The report includes 7 measures in the private sphere and 21 in the public sphere.

The proposal to create a

Fund for Energy Efficiency in Housing

and housing improvement in the form of loans with 0% interest for homeowners (based on their income to be repaid with the sale of the house) stands out.

The Administration covers the cost of investments to improve the energy efficiency of houses to be returned when the house is transferred or sold in the future.

In addition to replacing low-energy fluorescent and halogen lights with other

LED types

;

consider it necessary to implement new renewable energies in public buildings, the replacement of thermal systems (diesel boilers) with more modern technologies and the introduction of more efficient technologies in lifting devices, boiler rooms, etc...

In addition, the need to improve the control systems of the energy aspects of buildings through the implementation of the same free programming

software

system , which allows improving their energy efficiency, is insisted on.

This system would cover the elements of generating heat or cold, its networks, lighting, fire protection systems, ventilation and access control.

Castilla-La Mancha: promotion of self-consumption facilities

In this community, they are committed to measures aimed at promoting energy saving based on energy efficiency and the promotion and streamlining of renewable energy installations, as well as the promotion of self-consumption installations.

However, for the details of the same, they prefer to wait for the

Sectoral Conference

in which the contributions with the Ministry and the communities must be agreed upon, and which will be held in the coming days.

Balearic Islands: the focus on large consumers

The central idea of ​​the Balearic government is that the reduction of consumption falls on large consumers, public administrations and large companies.

For this, they want to demand from them an energy management plan that will have to include energy saving measures and will be reviewed annually by an

OCA

(authorized control body).

Like almost all of them, it considers that the administrations will have to replace their lights and switch to low consumption completely in the year 2025 and is committed to tax incentives: that for the self-consumption facilities of individuals, administrations and non-profit entities, a super-reduced

VAT

of 4%.

Andalusia: more investments and official electric cars

The measures sent by the Junta de Andalucía to the Ministry for the Ecological Transition are in line with what Alberto Núñez Feijóo pointed out.

In other words, they focus on the public sector, but without specifying or calculating savings.

In the first place, Juanma Moreno's team demands a fund for the implementation of a

Renewal Plan

for "the replacement of air conditioning equipment, as well as household appliances and appliances that work with natural gas."

Second, the Andalusian technicians propose encouraging self-consumption to ensure that within two years 7% of the electricity consumed comes from own generation.

Likewise, they demand the performance of audits in public buildings and the energy optimization of administrative work spaces, as well as replacing the fleet of official cars with electric

vehicles

and promoting the use of biogas and the promotion of mobility based on renewable gases.

Finally, Andalusia claims investments worth 736 million in binding energy planning, a volume that would correspond to it by population weight, area and electricity demand.

Murcia: prioritize more renewables and an audit of public spending

The Government of

Fernando López Miras

regrets that the central Executive "has once again taken an important decision for Spain unilaterally, hastily, without any type of dialogue or consensus and at the stroke of a decree."

Therefore, the first requirement of Murcia is that the measures "are recommendations for the private sector, as is being done in the rest of Europe, and not obligations."

This community already launched saving measures a year ago, and now it is committed, in line with the national leadership of the PP, to audit spending on electricity, to cut it as much as possible.

But if investments have to be made, the national Executive must help the autonomies, according to the sources consulted: "The central government cannot once again fall into the classic I invite and you pay."

Likewise, Murcia has transferred "the importance of betting on the use of alternative energies, defining a true

energy mix

system for the whole of Spain in which solar, wind energy or the development of green nitrogen take precedence, but without forgetting other sources of energy production that we already have," according to sources from the López Miras team.

Madrid: reduce dependence on gas and oil by 74%

The Community of Madrid will require the central government to review the gas cap mechanism, since it considers that since its entry into force "it has raised the wholesale price of electricity by 41%, affecting both companies and individuals in a very negative way ".

Isabel Díaz Ayuso advocates "continuing progress in decarbonisation" and proposes actions such as a

Boiler Renewal Plan,

to save "between 15 and 20% in gas consumption", through European Next Generation funds.

If this community manna were also used to promote self-consumption, dependence on gas and oil imports could be reduced by 74%, Madrid calculates.

This Community also wants to "reopen" the debate on the useful life of nuclear power plants "as they are greener and less polluting".

But, above all, Ayuso's team advocates "eliminating

taxes

that trigger receipts", since eight of them are state-owned and "can be replaced by a single one that incorporates environmental damage and one from the European Union on CO2 and that of hydrocarbons, which should be temporarily suppressed".

Castilla y León: more tax incentives

The regional president,

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco

, has detailed that in the document sent to the Government it is proposed that energy saving measures be mandatory for all public administrations and be "awareness and voluntary" for companies, although, in those cases, with fiscal incentives.

In fact, the Castilian-Leonese Board has today announced the implementation of the reduction of

personal income tax

to 9%, to combat the effects of the crisis.

In this way, it is only behind Madrid (8.5%) in tax rate.

Mañueco has also reiterated that they do not like the government's decree in form or substance, considering that its preparation, without consulting the communities and productive sectors, was "incorrect and inadequate."

Aragón: facilitating the procedures for renewables

In Aragon they consider it a priority to streamline the procedures to implement renewable energies because, they say, currently in this community it manages 600 projects that represent more than 12,000 megawatts.

It is also committed to self-consumption, not in vain, the Department of Industry manages 43 million euros to promote these facilities for companies, administrations and individuals.

From this region they also consider it important to bet on the electrical connection between Aragón and

Marsillon

(France), in a context where interconnections are gaining prominence in Europe, and the commitment to the so

-called hydrogen valley

is reinforced , an industrial ecosystem, which It is made up of Aragon, the Basque Country, Navarra and Catalonia.

Within this framework, they also place emphasis on adding value to gas storage, since Aragón has the

Serrablo

underground storage plant .

Galicia: an acceleration to renewables

In its 22-page document, the Xunta proposes measures grouped into three axes.

The first, that energy saving is mandatory for administrations and "recommendations" for families and businesses.

Secondly, Alfonso Rueda's team proposes that not only reduce consumption, but also promote greater production of renewable energy and encourage self-consumption.

Thirdly, the Galician government demands greater diversification in the energy mix, and not to give up nuclear and thermal energy until in the future renewables reach 100% of production.

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