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Due to the inability of some suppliers to supply energy to their customers, these people ended up with suppliers of last resort (DPI). But there are crushed high costs for electricity and gas. However, according to the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO), prices are OK.
The collapse of Bohemia Energy and other energy suppliers left their customers in a difficult situation. DPI often has a strong price for energy.
Mrs. Petra was a customer at Bohemia Energy, her DPI is Innogy. Her advances rose almost sevenfold, from less than six hundred without tax to 4,014 without tax. Her rescue is that she has had an agreement with Innogy since the beginning of December, where payments should be more convenient.
Mrs. Ivana from Hlučín’s mother-in-law has a similar problem. Previously, it paid advance payments for gas only at one of the suppliers of the Bohemia Energy group about 1,500 crowns a month, now it has to pay 6,670. Ivana.
“I feel like they have taken us hostage. I understand that it is becoming more expensive all over the world, but I doubt that elsewhere the amounts would be so huge that it would make half the salary,” she added.
Strict rules for suppliers of last resort
According to the ERO, however, strict rules apply to DPI on how to set prices. These are regulated by the so-called method of material regulation. This means that the supplier can only include eligible costs and a reasonable profit that covers his business risk.
“Eligible costs that DPIs may include in their prices include, in particular, the price of the electricity or gas itself, the cost of adjusting the consumption diagram, the cost of deviation or the administrative costs associated with customer service. As in the case of normal energy supplies, the price also includes regulated component covering in particular the costs of operating energy networks, “the Office explained.
Thus, although there is information that the DPI burned the price by up to a third, according to the authority, this is not true. “The ERO has preliminarily checked the suppliers’ calculations and the margins covering the commercial risk of the suppliers are in percentage units. The fact that DPI prices are now generally high is not due to high margins, but to high electricity and gas prices on stock exchanges where all suppliers, including DPI, buy energy for their customers., “he said.
The ERO also recommended that people with a transition to DPI not delay. Although these companies provide people with supplies for up to half a year, there can now be a significant difference in the monthly advances. “While regular suppliers budget advances for the whole year, DPI is driven by expected consumption for the next six months. As it will be the winter months, this consumption is much higher, especially for households that heat with electricity or gas. Consumers will again spread the advances according to the average annual consumption, which will reduce their energy expenditure in the coming months, “the office advises.
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