On August 2, 2022 have been put into effect the new measures in the Plan of energy Saving to reduce the energy expenditure in the midst of a crisis of prices as a result of the war in Ukraine.
The main objective is to reduce immediately the energy consumption of the country through the promotion of renewable energy and promotion of energy saving.
The Spanish Government has already announced that the next month of September will approve new measures in the same line.
The uncertainty in which are immersed the majority of the States of the European Union as a result of the invasion of Russian in Ukraine has brought the Spanish Government, have contributed to the bad forecasts predict a winter difficult, and has already approved a package of urgent measures to reduce the energy consumption of immediately.
The Royal Decree-Law 14/2022, of August 1, measures of economic sustainability in the field of transport, in terms of scholarships and financial support to the study, as well as saving measures, energy efficiency and reduction of energy dependence of natural gasaims to limit the impact of the energy crisis that is expected for next winter with a series of initiatives, among which we highlight the most relevant:
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Energy saving measures
In the public administration, commercial establishments and transport infrastructure of the temperatures of heating and cooling will be limited to 19ºC in winter and 27ºC in summer and must have snap closures at the access doors in order to avoid losing energy each time they are opened.
In addition, the above-mentioned establishments must display signs which are specified in the measures used to reduce the consumption.
Likewise, it is expected that the lighting of public buildings that are not occupied and windows shopping will have to remain off after 22:00 hours.
All of these measures is expected to remain in force until the 1st of November 2023.
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Promotion of renewable energies
The Royal Decree-Law 14/2022 includes several measures intended to replace the fossil fuels to renewable energy as the promotion of self-consumption, the reduction of requirements for processing the electrical networks and the development of storage systems.
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Recomendation of teleworking
It is recommended to public administrations and large companies that implement protocols to work for all its employees in order to save energy in the movement and lessened the consumption insulation of buildings.
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Promotion of public transport and support direct to land transportation
Promoting public transport as an alternative to private transport, with a series of bonuses. The most important, is the creation of a title free of charge for the users of the Suburban, which carry out most of the 16 trips within 4 months of validity of the same, with the payment of a deposit of 10 euros which will be returned once the aforementioned period, and can be verified journeys made.
We have also approved a number of support directly to transport companies to terrestrial as a result of an increase in the price of fuel, depending on the type of vehicle you are using.
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Measures in the field of maritime transport and single prototype
Adopting measures of technical and security in the field of maritime and air.
With regard to air transport, cease to be mandatory guidelines have been implemented to the pandemic, such as the use of the mask, the controls of temperature, the distance to the queues, etc., happening to be only recommendations.
With regard to maritime transport allows shipping companies to contract for private security to move to waters classified as hazardous to correspond to areas in conflict.
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Measures in the area of grants and aid to the study
Establishes a grant additional 100 euros for all the beneficiaries of grants and aid to the study of the call 2022-2023.
The strong impact it has created inflation in families has led to adopt measures to ensure equal opportunities to prevent any young leave their studies for financial reasons.
