Rapid decline in consumption natural gas up to 50% by 2030, as envisaged by his revised plan. National Energy and Climate Plan (ESEK)does not upset her plans DEPA Infrastructure to expand gas distribution networks. On the contrary, the company, under the new shareholder Italgas, plans an investment of 800 million euros for the period 2023-2027. to develop networks in existing areas and expand to new ones on the mainland, with a backlog after 2027 and on five islands – in the four prefectures of Crete, Lesvos, Chios, Rhodes and Samos. New investment will place a significant burden on consumers as costs are managed and recovered through user fees. The programs of DEPA Infrastructure’s three subsidiaries (EDA THESS, EDA Attica and DEDA), presented by RAE for public consultation, increase network fees paid through natural gas tariffs from 2% to 31% in the mature markets of Attica, Thessaloniki. and Thessaly and up to 56% in some areas of the rest of the country. The total volume of natural gas transported through DEPA’s infrastructure networks, in contrast to national targets of reducing fuel imports by 50% by 2030, is projected to increase by more than 5.5 million megawatt-hours per year by 2027.

The final reason for the approval of the company’s development programs belongs to the RAE, with some participants in the public discussion pointing to the attention of the competent authority to the impact on consumers and their consideration based on the intended goals of the ESEC.

The final reason for approving the company’s development programs belongs to the RAE.

Italgas shareholders, as can be seen from the analysis of the development programs of the three subsidiaries of DEPA Infrastructure, seem to see significant opportunities for the development of the network in new areas of the country and in fact through advanced development. DEPA program. The development program of the company, which manages a network throughout the territory, except for Attica, Thessaloniki and Thessaly, provides for an investment of about 378.282 million euros for the period 2023-2027, of which 254 million for two years. 2023-2024 The company’s total end-users are projected to reach 99,170 in 2027 from 2,412 today, and natural gas trading volumes from 1,853,455 MWh in September 2022 to 4,761,205 MWh in 2027.

Residential energy bills in the Central Greece region are projected to increase by 17% over the entire period, and by 14% for commercial customers. The corresponding charges in the region of Central Macedonia will increase by 41% for residential consumers and 55% for commercial ones. Electricity charges in the region of Eastern Macedonia for residential consumers will increase even more, by about 56%, while for commercial consumers the increase will be 12%. An increase of around 7% in residential consumer bills is expected in the Western Greece region, while the only region where consumers will see a decrease in bills is Western Macedonia, where, however, industrial consumption bills increase by 33%, which are the only ones in all other regions. , which are decreasing.

Lower fees, starting at 2% in 2023 and reaching 8% in 2027 for residential consumers, are foreseen in the development program of EDA Attica with a total investment for the period of 159.59 million and the goal is to increase active contracts to 277,419 from 103 176 today. For the Thessaloniki region, residential energy charges increase by 5% in 2023 and 11% in 2027, while for Thessaly, the growth starts at 25% in 2023 and reaches 32% in 2027. EDA THESS proposes an investment of 136.6 for Thessaloniki. million and for Thessaly 113.9 million