Power utility PPC keeps October tariffs unchanged

Power utility PPC, the Greek retail electricity market’s dominant player, has announced unchanged nominal tariffs for October.

PPC’s October tariff, for monthly consumption of up to 500 kWh, was left unchanged at 15.5 cents per kWh, as was the supplier’s tariff for consumption levels exceeding this limit, unchanged at 16.7 cents per kWh. The supplier also set a nighttime consumption rate of 11.4 cents per kWh.

Local electricity market rules require suppliers to announce nominal tariffs – not including subsidies – for each forthcoming month by the 20th of every previous month.

Elsewhere, Elpedison set a tariff of 8 cents per kWh for its Value program. Heron announced an October tariff of 13.32 cents per kWh for its Simply Generous Home offer, including a 15 percent quantity-indexed discount, applicable six months on. Heron’s new Generous Guarantee Home program, combining a tariff upper limit of 17 cents per kWh and a punctuality discount of 10 percent, was set at 8.55 cents per kWh.

Protergia announced a rate of 8.88 cents per kWh for its Value Plus package. Watt+Volt announced a nominal tariff of 8.88 cents per kWh for its Value+ program. NRG set a tariff of 8.7 cents for its On Time+ program, including a 40 percent punctuality discount.

Zenith announced a rate of 7.9 cents per kWh for its Power Home for All program and a nighttime tariff of 6.9 cents per kWh. The supplier’s Power Home Go Electric program offers a daytime tariff of 7.5 cents per kWh and a nighttime rate of 6.5 cents per kWh.

Volton set a tariff of 9.45 cents per kWh, including a punctuality discount, for its Volton Energy Control program, whose rate without the discount works out to 12.60 cents per kWh. The company’s new Volton Energy Free program, offered free for the first month and including a punctuality discount, was set at 9.92 cents per kWh. This package’s tariff without the punctuality discount is 12.4 cents per kWh.

Fysiko Aerio kept its October tariff unchanged, offering a rate of 12.4 cents per kWh for its Maxi Free+ program, which, when factoring in an attached punctuality discount, drops to 9.2 cents per kWh.

Elin lowered its October tariff for the company’s Power On! Home Bonus package by 5 percent. As a result, the current month’s tariff of 13.5 cents per kWh for this package will be reduced to 12.8 cents per kWh, including a punctuality discount, in October.