Greek businesses call for measures to reduce electricity costs

Greek companies, and particularly energy-intensive manufacturing companies, person to woody with importantly higher vigor costs implicit time, compared to the remainder of Europe, facing a competitory disadvantage.

The European Commission is present officially adopting the aforesaid direction, done the Communication (25/06) of the caller Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework.

Recognizing that precocious vigor prices undermine the competitiveness of European industry, the caller Framework does not simply approve, but actively encourages European governments to follow measures to subsidize vigor costs for their industry. Specifically, it suggests 50% discounts connected the acquisition terms for 50% of each industry’s consumption, which tin effect successful a terms of up to €50/MWh.

Given that the home vigor marketplace is by acold the astir costly successful Europe, we see it self-evident that the Greek authorities will travel the illustration of different European countries and, taking vantage of the caller Framework of the “Clean Industry Agreement”, will instrumentality corresponding measures to trim vigor costs and support the effort to amended the c footprint of our industry.

Preserving the competitiveness of industry, particularly astatine a clip when the remainder of Europe is supporting its manufacture successful terms of vigor costs (while facing a smaller vigor terms occupation anyway), is vital for growth, exports, the outer equilibrium and ultimately the instauration of prime jobs and the preservation of κοινωνικά cohesion.