35.4% of Households Qualified for State Support in Case of Significant Increase in Energy Costs

In the event of a significant increase in energy costs, 35.4% of households, whose income per household member does not exceed 495.57 euros per month, would qualify for state support, the Climate and Energy Ministry (KEM) informed the LETA agency.

According to the state support regulations for energy supply costs, the support for reducing the cost of consumed natural gas is applied if the average Title Transfer Facility (TTF) natural gas futures contract price exceeds the threshold of 91 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) for three consecutive months as of the first working day of the publication month.

KEM monitors and regularly conducts energy resource price monitoring, and in the last three months, the natural gas price has not exceeded this threshold - in August, the price was 57.5 euros per MWh, in September - 72.21 euros per MWh, and in October - 73.94 euros per MWh.