According to information released yesterday by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority, the number of consumers in the regulated electricity market increased to 969,000 in April, up 5% from the same month last year, with more than 48,000 new contracts concluded. (EPS). The regulator explains this increase by an atypical rise in prices on the wholesale market. Also according to ERSE, 99.8% of clients on the regulated market are families. The free market reached about 5.5 million customers in the reporting month, an increase of 11,427 customers from the previous month, according to the regulator.
As for natural gas, about 1.1 million customers were registered in the liberalized market in April, representing a loss of 14.7% in the number of customers compared to the same month of the previous year. “This month, about 1.1 million customers were registered on the free market, with an estimated annual consumption of 31,597 GWh. [gigawatts-hora]. These values represent a 14.7% reduction in the number of customers and a 16.4% decrease in consumption compared to April 2022,” ERSE told regulated natural gas market customers to face high price increases announced by suppliers following the Russian invasion to Ukraine.
Author: Miguel Alexander Ganan([email protected])
Source: CM Jornal

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