The energy ministry is set to finalize a support program  designed to fully subsidize municipalities for PV installations that will be used to supply low-cost electricity to low-income households via municipal energy communities.

PV systems to be installed around the country through this initiative promise to offer a total capacity of 1,000 MW and play a key role in combating energy poverty, sources informed energypress.

A wider support package for low-income households being prepared by the government is expected to represent a key part of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ speech at the upcoming Thessaloniki International Fair, taking place September 9 to 17.

Mitsotakis was scheduled to present his government’s four-year plan this coming weekend, but the visit will now be rescheduled, most likely for within the next week, as a result of attention needed to the consequences of a fierce storm that has battered many parts of Greece over the past couple of days.

The PV support program for municipalities, budgeted at 120 million euros, will be implemented by TAIPED, Greece’s privatization fund. Municipalities will need to have established energy communities to be eligible.

Some 30,000 low-income households are expected to benefit from the program’s first stage.