Among the measures announced by the Government in the new Royal Decree-Law 17/2022, of September 20, 2022 are:

➡️ Reduction of VAT from October 1st to December 31st, 2022, which will decrease from 21% to 5% on all supplies of natural gas, pellets, briquettes and firewood.

➡️ Possibility for cogenerations that have the specific remuneration regime of RD 413/2014 to temporarily waive it in order to be eligible for the gas compensation mechanism.

➡️ A new active demand response service is launched, which will increase the flexibility and security of the electricity system. This measure includes the reactivation of interruptibility from November 1st and, as before, will work through auctions in which minimum blocks of 1MW can participate.

➡️ Flexibility is increased to determine the capacity of transport networks.

➡️ Various procedures for renewable projects are streamlined and simplified.