By: Gal Kovač (Nova24TV)
In addition to all the new taxes imposed (or yet to be imposed) on the Slovenian people by the government of Robert Golob, they will also have to face significantly higher electricity prices starting next year. On December 31st, the regulation on electricity prices will expire, resulting in an increase in electricity prices despite the decline in electricity prices on the markets.
Last year, the energy and food crisis drove people to the streets, even in areas traditionally loyal to the transitional left. Some, on the verge of despair, called into the show “Kdo vam laze” (“Who is lying to you”). One caller informed the Slovenian public about the depth of the crisis many people in Slovenia were facing: “You know, for a meal, I put a cube of soup in water and boil it with grated pasta dough. And a green salad. That is what I have for lunch, or I fry two eggs and have a salad. These are the kinds of lunches I have.”
These conditions are likely to recur in the upcoming winter. The regulation, which was received on September 1st, 2022 (valid until August 31st, and then extended until December 31st), limited the maximum allowed prices of electricity for household consumers, small business consumers, and for consumption in common areas of multi-apartment buildings and mixed multi-apartment commercial buildings.
Since the current regulation is still in effect, the maximum allowed prices for household consumers and for electricity supply in common areas of multi-apartment buildings (without VAT) are set at the following values:
Higher tariff (HT): 0.11800 euros/kWh
Lower tariff (LT): 0.08200 euros/kWh
Unified tariff (UT): 0.09800 euros/kWh.
Astronomical price increase
If the regulation is not extended by December 31st, this will repeat itself. Aleksander Mervar, the director of Eles, has calculated how much a four-member family with a consumption of 10 megawatt-hours of electricity would save. “From July of last year to June of this year, they saved up to 511 euros on electricity costs,” reports Dnevnik. Therefore, electricity bills could be almost 500 euros higher if all government measures ceased to be valid. The same media also states that an average four-member family consumes four megawatt-hours of electricity.