Electricity: FACUA asks the Government to protect vulnerable consumers with 50%, 70% and 100% discounts

FACUA-Consumers in Action has called on the Government to establish three categories of vulnerable consumers. This is in order to apply 50%, 70% or 100% discounts on the electricity bill depending on their economic situation.

The association’s proposal, sent to President Sánchez and the Ministers of Ecological Transition, Consumer Affairs and Social Rights three months ago, would represent a significant change in the current social tariff model. This, in addition to offering discounts that are too low, imposes the condition of receiving a disproportionately low income. At the same time, in a contradictory way, it is offered to all large families, no matter how high their income is.

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