Part on the vitality and monetary problems with the A’ and B’ grade municipalities is anticipated to be the new program referred to as “Apollo” promoted by the Ministry of Setting.
The purpose of this system is to cowl with inexperienced/clear vitality, the wants of the Areas, Municipalities, Land Enchancment Organizations, Municipal Water Provide and Irrigation Firms, but additionally the vitality wants of our economically weaker fellow residents. Particularly, this system foresees, on the one hand, the strengthening of economically weaker households by the protection of 90% of their vitality consumption, alternatively, the discount of electrical energy prices by 50% for the remaining beneficiaries (OTA, TOEB, DEYA).
This system is split into two elements. Within the one which will likely be carried out primarily by the 13 Areas, Areas, Municipalities, TOEB and Municipal Water Provide corporations are foreseen as potential beneficiaries. Within the different, which will likely be carried out by KEDE or EETAA, potential beneficiaries are those that have Social Family Tariff A’ (households with an annual earnings of lower than 5,400 euros). It’s estimated that the beneficiaries will attain 127,500 (those that obtain Social Tariff A), along with the 13 Areas, the 332 Municipalities of the nation, in addition to 9,455 DEYA advantages and three,750 TOEB/GOEB advantages. In complete, the associated fee discount is anticipated to quantity to 150 million Euros.
The item of this system is the set up of renewable vitality stations (eg photovoltaics) by third-party suppliers, which will likely be obtained by aggressive procedures.
With the set up of RES methods, the purpose will likely be to cowl all or a part of the vitality wants of the beneficiaries, with or with no storage station and thru the appliance of digital simultaneous net-billing. It’s value noting that the placement of the amenities might be in a unique space from the consumption amenities and in any Area, whereas particularly for the non-interconnected islands, it’s potential for the A.P.E. to be put in within the respective Electrical System, making an allowance for the relative energy absorption margins of A.P.E initiatives.
Within the Apollo program, there’s a clear environmental profit as by the protection of vitality wants from renewable sources, the consumption of fossil fuels will likely be lowered. On the similar time, nevertheless, there’s additionally an apparent financial profit for the Areas and Municipalities, as if carried out easily, it would basically be an oblique type of monetary help for the Municipalities and Areas of the nation from the central state. If we assume {that a} Area or a Municipality, by this system, succeeds in halving the annual electrical energy expenditure, they may save beneficial monetary sources which can be presently spent to pay the payments of avenue lighting, faculties, nursing houses, pumping stations, and so forth. the sources that will have been saved might be used for different city infrastructure initiatives or social interventions, and even result in reductions in reimbursable charges.
The implementing physique of the Program is the Directorate of A.P.E. and Different Fuels of the Ministry of Setting and Vitality, whereas the implementation of this system is advanced and would require each energetic participation and specialised technical and managerial data, whereas the prices should not anticipated to be borne by the beneficiaries.
For its implementation, an amazing burden will fall on the Areas the place they may initially should arrange Vitality Communities. Subsequently, the Vitality Communities will subject a name for curiosity, for the participation of the beneficiaries and the gathering of the required information. After the choice of the beneficiaries and the gathering of the information, the planning part will comply with the place the required initiatives will likely be studied that can result in the protection of the wants of the beneficiaries. On the finish of the research, tenders are introduced, RES initiatives are chosen and the required contracts are concluded. For causes of pace within the tenders, it’s foreseen that stations that can have a excessive maturity, that’s, which have a definitive connection provide and anticipate a compensation worth to be carried out, will take part.
It’s value mentioning that after the top of the contracts, the stations will likely be transferred to the respective vitality communities. Which means every Area and its benefiting members purchase an essential asset which, after the mandatory upgrades, will contribute to assembly their vitality wants within the long-term future, strengthening their sustainability and vitality self-sufficiency.
The Apollo program is an bold program with direct financial and environmental profit for the Municipality and Areas of the nation. Its implementation will likely be an actual problem, however these Municipalities and Areas that handle to implement it, on the one hand, will reduce their carbon footprint, alternatively, they may save vital monetary sources, which they may be capable to use for the good thing about their residents.
Alexandros Tsiatsiamis
President of AT Administration
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