Three popular tourist islands in the Aegean Sea, namely Folegandros, Ios and Sikinos, were left without electricity for seven hours on Thursday night. A likely cause so considered to be the unprecedented demand on power due to the combination of large numbers of tourists and high temperatures. The outage on …
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Maximum subsidy of total 8 euros for electricity bills in August
The generous and “astronomical” amount of eight (8) euros is the maximum subsidy the Greek government will help households and businesses in the country to deal with the high prices in electricity in the month of August. This is the result of calculations by main opposition party SYRIZA to the …
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Emergency state electricity subsidy for households in August
The emergency subsidy for household electricity consumption in August will be 1.6 cents per KW (or 16 euros per MWh), the Environment & Energy Ministry announced on Thursday. Therefore, the end billing price for most consumers – depending on the tariffs of each provider – will be under 15 cents/KW, …
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Energy Ministry announces power bill subsidies for Nov
Greece’s Energy Ministry said on Tuesday that it will extend power bill subsidies for households and farmers in November. The new subsidies come a day after electricity providers announced exorbitant price increases between 40 and up to 80 percent for the same month. For monthly consumption up to 500 per …
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Power providers in Greece announce 40%-80% increases for Nov (LISTS)
Power providers in Greece announced the new tariffs for November on Monday. The new tariffs “electrocuted” consumers as the price increases range between 40 and up to shocking 88 percent! According to the announcements made by the electricity providers, the November tariffs will have new price increases. The electricity price …
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Overtourism in Halkidiki affects water and power supply
Overtourism in Halkidiki has affected water and electricity supply as well the biological cleaning networks. Black outs are daily, locals, tourists and professionals are angry. Faucets ran dry, the circuit breakers went down and the biological cleaning “short-circuited” for another year in Halkidiki due to overtourism, daily ethnos.gr reported citing …
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Power outages in several Athens suburbs due to heatwave
Electricity supply problems occurred in several suburbs of Greek capital Athens as of Thursday afternoon. The power outages apparently due to overload of the electricity network due to the heatwave hitting the country and millions of A/C and fans working full time. Power outages have occurred in the suburbs of …
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Power outage in rail network halts Athens-Thessaloniki intercity
An Intercity train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki was forced to halt outside Larissa, central Greece, on Sunday afternoon due to a power outrage in the OSE rail network. Concerned passengers were left in the dark without proper information about what was going on. The incident caused unrest among the …
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Greece’s power rates among Europe’s highest
Greece remained among the most expensive wholesale electricity markets in Europe in 2022, a year when the average price of electricity increased by 141% compared to 2021. In the same year, the cost of natural gas imports more than doubled compared to 2021, while it almost quintupled compared to 2018. …
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Greece proposed construction of power line to Austria, Germany
Greece has submitted a proposal for the construction of a direct electricity interconnection with Austria and Germany, with an initial capacity of 3.0 gigawatts, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas revealed at the Renewable and Storage Forum on Thursday. “It is not an easy project but there is great need …
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Regulatory authority chief assures of no power cut risks
Greece will not be left without electricity, assures, not a politician, but the man with the clearest view of the market, i.e. the head of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), associate professor Athanasios Dagoumas. He does admit, however, that households and businesses are looking at a difficult winter ahead. …
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“Blackout” on Sporades islands following damage at Skiathos substation
A power outage has hit the Sporades islands since 7:30 on Thursday morning, following a strong rainfall at night. The electricity problem has occurred due to a damage at the large substation on the island of Skiathos where the large submarine power pipeline ends. According to local media skiathoslife.gr, it …
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€1.9bn power subsidy for Sept: Who are the beneficiaries and the winners
Greece will subsidize power bills of households and businesses with 1.9 billion euros in September, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Tuesday. For households, the subsidy is 63.9 cents per KWh, meaning that consumers will pay 15-16 cents of the average price at 0,80 euros. The subsidies will be incorporated …
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Electricity up to 65% as Greece’s suppliers announce Sept tariffs
Massive hikes reaching up to 65% in electricity prices were announced by the power suppliers in Greece, laye on Saturday. The announced nominal electricity tariffs are for September and are expected to put households and businesses budgets on fire in a country where citizens are struggling with a 11.5-12% inflation. …
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Temporary court order prohibits companies from cutting power due to unpaid adjustment clause
A First Instance Court in Athens partially accepted on Thursday the issuance of a temporary order that prohibits power companies to proceed with consumers’ power outage in case of not payment of the adjustment clause. The temporary order was requested by Greece’s consumers organizations INKA and EKPOIZO. The Multi-Member Court …
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1,100 power cut orders across Greece daily due to unpaid bills; Greeks mobilize
Greeks rushed to public power company on Easter Wednesday to arrange payment settlements for unpaid bills and avoid being completely cut off from the electricity supply, as providers keep issuing disconnections orders and push for their implementation. With the wholesale price among the highest in Europe and a government that …
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Radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant, Ukraine warns
Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Wednesday. It said fighting made it impossible to immediately repair the high-voltage power line to the plant, which was …
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Athens Mayor files against private electricity company for deliberately overcharging municipality fees
The City of Athens has filed a lawsuit against a private electricity supplier for deliberate overcharges in municipality fees that are collected via the electricity bills. The company has been doubling the rate of calculating the fees private citizens and businesses have to pay per square meter of home or …
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Dozens households in Athens without power for 4th day; compensation possible
Τhe office of the Public Prosecutor in Athens investigates the multi-day power outages in several areas of Attica in the midst of a snow weather, low temperatures and frost. Investigation is to determine whether the offense of disturbing the operation of an utility has been committed. The order for the …
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First 6 Rafale arrive in Greece, blessed with Holy Water for safety (videos)
The roaring sound of Greece’s first six Rafale flying over the Acropolis at Wednesday noon were heard all over the Greek capital. It must have been the most expensive sound ever heard. The flying cost for each super-fighter jet per hour is estimated to be at least 14,000 euros. The …
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