An electronic platform allowing households to apply for power bill rebates, to offset higher bills, will open on June 16, Greek Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis announced, although the government will try to have it up and running by June 15, ANA reports.
The so-called Power Pass will provide cash rebates ranging from 18 euros to 600 euros for bills issued between December 1, 2021, and 31 May 2022 and will cover 60% of the surplus charges on bills from the energy price hikes, minus the state subsidies and any the providers have given.
Beneficiaries include households with a net family income in 2020 of up to 45,000 euros and homes with non-fixed price contracts (contracts that follow wholesale energy market price fluctuations). It also concerns the main home of a family but also applies to rentals for children that are studying away from home (within Greece). In cases of two beneficiaries for the same home, the rebate is split between them.
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