The Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas, informed in a letter to the gas supply companies that the state subsidy on household and business accounts will be set at 40 euros per MWh in April, from 20 euros per thermal MWh in March.
According to the ministry in a statement, the beneficiaries of the subsidy are all household consumers, amounting to 540,000, for the total monthly consumption and all commercial and industrial consumers, regardless of size, turnover and number of employees, except electricity producers. energy.
At the same time, the discount offered by DEPA Commerce continues in April, which will be set at 30 euros per thermal MWh for domestic consumers and at 15 euros per thermal MWh for industry and hospitals that supply natural gas from the company.
The total amount of support measures for natural gas consumers for April, including the discount offered by DEPA Commerce, will amount to 88.74 million euros from 63 million euros in March.
The measure will be evaluated on a monthly basis and the unit price of the subsidy will be adjusted according to the fluctuation of gas prices in international markets.
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