2024-06-01 21:41:00
The judgment of the District Court docket might be appealed to the Supreme Court docket inside one month.
In July 2023, the brand new electrical energy system service tariffs of “Sadales netas” and transmission system operator “Augstsprieguma tīkls” (AST) accredited by PUK entered into pressure, which considerably elevated the ultimate value of electrical energy for shoppers.
A complete of 4 comparable functions had been submitted to the court docket, asking to cancel the choices on the approval of the tariff, so the instances had been consolidated. The “Sovereign Energy” occasion additionally filed a lawsuit in opposition to the tariffs of the “Distribution Community” accredited by the PUK, expressing the place that “gross violations” had been dedicated within the tariff approval process – the brand new tariff venture was not submitted for public session and the methodology of their calculation was modified through the tariff approval course of.
The affect of the brand new tariffs of the “distribution community” on households was totally different relying on the connection parameters and consumption, together with whether or not the cost is decided by whether or not there’s a single-phase (1F) or three-phase (3F) connection, or whether or not the load is 16 amps (A), 20A, 25A , 32A, 40A or extra, in addition to from the consumed kilowatt-hours (kWh).
Based on the data supplied by the corporate on the time, for house homeowners who’ve a 1F connection and a consumption of 100 kWh per thirty days, the invoice elevated by 5 to seven euros on common, excluding worth added tax (VAT). Homeowners of personal homes with 1F connection and month-to-month consumption of 125 kWh had an equally massive enhance. However, the rise within the electrical energy invoice for the homeowners of personal homes with 3F connection was totally different, which is influenced by the chosen load. Amongst them, for a 3F connection (16A or 20A), the invoice will enhance by about 12-15 euros with out VAT, and for a 3F reference to 25A and extra – about 18 euros and extra with out VAT.
The tariffs had been later revised. Based on PURK specialists’ calculations, for instance, for a consumer with 1F 16A connection and electrical energy consumption of 100 kWh per thirty days, the distribution tariff payment in January 2024, in comparison with July 2023, decreased by roughly 6%. The fastened payment a part of the tariff – the payment for capability upkeep – decreased by roughly 7-11% from January 2024 in comparison with July 2023. The particular discount will depend on the consumer’s connection kind and chosen tariff plan.
The payment for delivered kilowatt-hours additionally decreased barely – by 1%, however the certain amount of the variable payment discount will depend on the month-to-month electrical energy consumption.
On the similar time, the revised tariff of AST, which consists of two elements equivalent to electrical energy transmission prices and capability upkeep prices, is 2.5% decrease than the beforehand legitimate tariff.
“Sadales tīkls” is an electrical energy community maintainer and developer in Latvia, a part of the state-owned “Latvenergo” concern. The corporate supplies operation, renovation and deliberate growth of distribution networks, supervision of electrical energy use, loss discount measures and electrical energy accounting, in addition to creates new connections.
2024-06-01 21:41:00