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On 1 June 2021 new regulations came into force (*) on access tariffs and other regulated concepts. These have been approved by the Spanish Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) and the Government and they affect all electricity consumers in Spain.
The current access tariffs were split into two new regulated concepts:
All supplies with contracted power of less than or equal to 15 kilowatts were subject to a single toll 2.0 TD, with time discrimination for all of them. The charges that correspond to it are called "charge segment 1"which maintain the same structure as the new toll.
If your supply has a contracted power of more than 15 kilowatts, here we will explain the changes made to your tariff.
Tariffs had a single price for the energy consumed, regardless of the time of day, unless a time-of-use access tariff had been contracted (with 2 or 3 time bands). For contracted power, access tariffs were the same price for all hours of the day.
With the new regulations, tolls and charges have 2 time bands for power and 3 time bands for consumption, with different prices in all of them.
Consumption: The energy term for these tolls and charges has 3 time bands (peak, standard and off-peak) with different prices depending on the time of day when it is consumed, with the following calendar depending on the territory in which you live:
Mainland/Balearic Islands/Canary Islands
Monday to Friday:
All hours at the weekend and on public holidays (**): Off-peak Period (lowest price).
Ceuta and Melilla
Monday to Friday:
All hours at the weekend and on public holidays (**): Off-peak Period (lowest price).
Contracted Power: The power term for these tolls and charges have 2 time bands. That is, two different powers may be contracted, a state-of-the-art power that applies to peak and standard consumption periods, and off-peak power that applies to the off-peak consumption period.
The power term for these tolls and charges has 2 time bands (peak and off-peak):
Monday to Friday:
All hours at the weekend and on public holidays (**): Off-peak Period (lowest price).
Contracted power is measured in kilowatts (kW) and it is the maximum electricity power that you can use simultaneously. In everyday terms, it is the maximum number of appliances you can use at the same time.
The previous regulations only allowed you to have a single power. That is why each user was forced to contract enough power to meet their maximum requirements, even if these were concentrated in a very specific time band.
With the new regulations, you can have a higher power and a lower power according to your needs. For example: If you have an electric car and recharge it at night or on weekends, or if you can concentrate your electricity consumption primarily on weekends or weekdays at night, then you can choose higher power in the off-peak hours.
Nothing. From 1 June 2021 the conditions of your tariff were adapted automatically, without you having to complete any formalities.
Also, from that date, by default you maintained the same power that you had previously contracted in the new time bands (peak and off-peak) will be maintained. In the following 12 months you will be able to contract different powers for these two time bands up to two times and without charge, always providing the new contracted power is the same as or less than the highest of the two contracted powers when the change is made, otherwise you have to pay the cost of connection rights in accordance with the regulations in force.
The new transportation and distribution tolls and the new charges have new conditions and prices, which are reflected in your bill. Furthermore, the format of your bill has changed to adopt the mandatory format and conditions established in the Resolution of 28 April 2021.
Here are the details of how these changes to tolls and charges will appear on your bill from 1 June 2021.
The new toll and charge regulations are aimed at giving you flexibility in your contracted power and promoting efficient consumption, so the answer to this question will depend on how efficient you become in your energy consumption: We suggest that you concentrate your energy consumption in the off-peak hours as far as this is possible and optimise your power contract.
In any case, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service channels:
For further information, go to the CNMC website at:
https://www.cnmc.es/la-nueva-factura-de-la-luz
(*) The regulation that came into force on 1 June 2021 is: (1) Circular 3/2020 of the Spanish Markets and Competition Commission establishing the methodology for the calculation of electricity transport and distribution tariffs, (2) Royal Decree 148/2021 of 9 March of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge establishing the methodologies for calculating the charges for the electricity system, (3) the CNMC Resolution of 18 March 2021 establishing the values of access tariffs to applicable electricity transport and distribution networks from 1 June 2021 and (4) Order TED/371/2021 of 19 April, of the MITERD, setting prices for electricity system charges and capacity payments that apply from 1 June 2021.
(**) Excluding both replaceable and non-fixed-date holidays and 6 January.