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PVPC. What is the regulated tariff?

The PVPC (Voluntary Price for the Small Consumer) tariff is the electricity tariff regulated by the Government.

The PVPC regulated tariff (or Voluntary Price for the Small Consumer) is a system to determine the price of electricity it was implemented by the Government for all customers in the regulated electricity market. Its most singular feature is the way in which the price for electricity production is calculated.

With the PVPC tariff, just as for the deregulated market, the electricity bill still has three main components:

  • The price for producing electricity: this essentially affects the consumption term and is what differentiates between the two markets.
  • Access tariffs: these are established by the Government to cover what it costs to transport energy from the plants to your home and other costs associated with maintaining the electricity grid.
  • Taxes: special tax on electricity (IEE in Spanish) and VAT.

 

What does the PVPC Tariff consist of?

This is a tariff with variable prices according to time bands. In other words, the price of per kWh of electricity changes for every hour of each day. This means that the price is subject to the volatility of the electricity market, depending on the supply and demand between the energy generating companies and the retailers that sell that energy to the consumer.

Upward and downward trends also have an impact on prices, for example, fluctuating prices for raw materials such as natural gas and oil.

 

Time bands on the PVPC regulated market

Previously, the PVPC tariff had two modalities for the energy consumed: a fixed price tariff or time discrimination between 2 and 3 bands. In 2021, it was rolled into a single tariff with 3 different time bands, the so-called 2.0TD tariff, which is characterised by: off-peak hours, peak hours and standard hours.

Off-peak hours

The off-peak hours are the cheapest time band for electricity and correspond to the hours between midnight and 8am, as well as 24 hours-a-day at weekends and on national public holidays.

Peak hours

The peak hours correspond to the times of the day when we will pay more for electricity consumption; these hours correspond to the time band from Monday to Friday between 10am and 2pm and between 6pm and 10pm.

Standard hours

These are the standard hours and this is the time band when electricity is moderately priced and corresponds to the time band between 8am and 10am, between 2pm and 6pm and between 10pm and midnight, from Monday to Friday.

 

The time bands for your contracted power are:

Prior to the new legislation, you could only choose one contracted power for all your home's electricity consumption. Now you can choose between two in order to reduce your electricity bill:

  • Off-peak, the cheapest time band: from midnight to 8am, as well as 24 hours a day during weekends and on national public holidays.
  • Peak hours, the most expensive time band: from Monday to Friday between 10.00 and 14.00 and between 18.00 and 22.00.

 

How are prices calculated and applied in the PVPC regulated tariff?

The PVPC regulated tariff has a price per kWh that changes every hour of each day depending on supply and demand. This means that invoices will never be the same and it is impossible to know what the price will be in advance.

These prices are calculated by Red Eléctrica de España (REE) and are applied based on the hourly prices of energy in the market.

Prices are published daily on the Red Eléctrica Española website.

To apply these fluctuating prices to your bill, there are two options depending on your circumstances:

 

1. If you already have a smart meter

It is possible to know how many kWh you consume each hour of each day by telematic means. In this case, you simply have to apply the prices that are communicated by Red Eléctrica Española.

 

2. If you do not yet have a smart meter

There are now very few cases where supply points do not yet have a smart meter. However, in these cases it is impossible to know how many kWh you consume each hour, so the profile for an average consumer is applied (this is created by Red Eléctrica Española).

To which customers does the PVPC model apply?

The PVPC option is available to those users of low voltage electricity networks who have contracted power equal to or less than 10 kW and, as of January 1, 2024, only individuals or micro-enterprises will be able to access the PVPC tariff. 

The regulated PVPC tariff has no permanence and is offered only by those reference marketers authorized by the Government.

 

What possibilities does the PVPC tariff offer you?

First and foremost, as a consumer you can choose whether you want to be on the regulated market or on the deregulated market.

On the deregulated market there are all kinds of electricity tariffs and electricity companies, and you will pay the price per kWh that is established in the contract for each hour.

You can always use an electricity tariff comparer to find out which tariff model best suits your lifestyle or specific requirements.

 

Clients with a Social Bonus

If you have the Social Bonus, the PVPC tariff is applied with an extraordinary discount of between 65% and 80% until 31 December 2023. However, in order to apply for the Social Bonus a series of requirements need to be met.

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