Only if this happens is the introduction of a price cap “feasible”, says Cora van Nieuwenhuizen. in conversation with Trouw. The former Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the VVD is now president of the Energy Netherlands sector club, the organization that lobbies on behalf of energy suppliers.
Lower energy bill
These companies need to implement the high energy price compensation package. The government will pay the difference between the so-called price ceiling and the actual gas and electricity prices at that time. This reduces the amount consumers have to pay.
Pepijn Crone explains how the maximum price works in the video below:
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It is still unclear how high the amount consumers will still have to pay. At the moment, 70 cents per kilowatt hour are consumed for electricity and 1.50 euros per cubic meter of gas. The government has agreed to pass every extra cent to energy suppliers.
Difficult condition
The industry wants the government to promise that this compensation will be passed on quickly. “This is a difficult condition, otherwise it won’t work,” says Van Nieuwenhuizen. According to her, some energy companies are already short of cash.
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In addition, Van Nieuwenhuizen warns, clarity on the exact amounts of the price cap is also important to make its introduction possible. “Rather today than tomorrow. Implementing everything is a hell of a job. “A hell of a job.
Stress to energy companies
The lack of precise tariffs actually causes the necessary stress for the energy supplier Essent, says a spokesperson for the company. And this is in addition to organizing another measure to help families.
The energy companies have promised the government that they will start working with a reduction in monthly payments from 1 November, in anticipation of the introduction of the price cap. This makes a big difference, especially in view of the tariff increases that the big energy companies offer their customers from October 1st.
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But even this plan has yet to be worked out, according to the letter that Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag sent on the day of the budget. sent to the Chamber of Deputies. Only when there is that clarity can energy companies get to work. “And then people have to work very hard here,” says the Essent spokesperson.
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