MADRID – The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) warns that the rise in energy prices will have a “strong impact” on households, and estimates they will pay €854 more annually.
The most notable increase is in fuel prices. Once again, they reached historic highs in early October of €1.47 for petrol and €1.34 for diesel. This price means an annual additional cost of €404 for petrol or €301 per year for diesel for a driver who drives 20,000 kilometres per year.
The additional cost for the increase in electricity will amount to €261. This is for an average home with a contracted power of 4.6 kW of electricity and consumption of 3,500 kW/year. Consequently, it will go from €675 to €936 in 2020. if current prices remain in effect.
Natural gas
Natural gas is also another energy source that has risen sharply in price. In this case, the OCU estimates an annual additional cost of $189 for an average household consuming 9,000 kW/year. This is added to butane, a product that has, in turn, increased 33% in the past 12 months.
Many people in Spain still use butane gas bottles to heat their water or to cook. The maximum price of the butane bottle, the 12.5-kilogram cylinder, has risen by 4.88% to €16.12, according to a resolution published in the Government Gazette (BOE). This increase in this new revision is due to the strong increase in raw material prices (+ 19.86%). The price for a ‘bombona de butano’ thus almost reached the record level of 2013 and 2014, when a gas bottle had to be paid well above €17 for a long time.
