On Saturday the Official State Gazette (BOE) published details of the decree requiring the cost of the electricity system to be reduced and today, April 1st, the price to the consumer has increased by 7%.
July 1st – Price Hike Day
Tomorrow is July 1st and most of us will begin to feel a little poorer as IVA goes up, natural gas prices go up and the price of butane gas bottles also increases. Electricity prices are not going up tomorrow, but it won’t be long.
Prices in Andalucia up by 1.2%
Prices in Andalucia rose by 1.2% during April according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), with the CPI for Spain as a whole rising by 1.1%.
New Year prices
The new year heralds a couple of price increases but it’s not all bad news as pensions and the minimum wage both increase and the cost of a Telefonica landline remains frozen for the second year running.
Gas prices down, bus fares up
Today, April 1st, sees the price of butane gas go down, but it’s not such good news for electricity and bus fares, both set to rise.