The bills will be most certainly higher also because of subsidisation of renewable sources. This year 150 million euros must be assured only for the existing plants, and as the European directives demand relief for large consumers, for this reason households and small enterprises will be forced to carry a larger burden. The amount on the bills will, in average, increase by 1.35 euro.
The government grant – mostly to renewable, but also to traditional sources – is the main reason that the prices for electricity are substantially higher than the market prices, and not only in Slovenia, but in Europe as a whole. Only 40% of the amount on money orders is in fact the price of the electric energy, and in future this share will be even smaller, which will consequently reduce the competition.
Electricity should not be taken for granted
The experts warn that in future we will have to stop taking electricity for granted as a matter of course. The state will have to provide the money for new renewable sources. And as we have committed to gradually discontinue thermal power plants during the next decades, we will probably build new hydraulic power stations, perhaps even Nek 2. The question how many new power stations could be replaced by reduced consumption remains unanswered.