Electricity suppliers are set to announce their tariff rates this Sunday, price levels expected to reach as high as 50 cents per KWh, which would demand consumer subsidy support worth over one billion euros for the month to keep electricity bill costs serviceable at a cost of approximately 15 cents per KWh for households and 16 to 17 cents per KWh for businesses, the government’s objectives.

According to some estimates, monthly Energy Transition Fund sums needed for the government’s support package could reach closed to 1.5 billion euros.

TTF natural gas contracts for August are at a level of 165 euros per MWh and are not expected to deescalate easily. Energy exchange prices have skyrocketed to levels of between 340 and 370 euros per MWh.

Such price levels are expected to force electricity suppliers to announce retail prices of 50 cents per KWh for August this coming Sunday, exorbitantly high considering June and July levels were at about 35 cents per KWh without subsidies.