The Municipal People's required in a motion that will be taken tomorrow to the National Government to halt the latest upward revision of tariffs for access to the national energy commission in the price of light, according to reports from the PP in a statement.
The PP will urge the Government to halt its proposal for a ministerial order for the review of access charges to the National Energy Commission (CNE) with a view to the semi-annual review of prices of light set by law, including a further rise in less than six months.
Also ask the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade to waive the increases in electricity rates provided from next July, coupled with VAT, in order not to harm the domestic economy and SMEs.
Popular Councilwoman and responsible for Trade, María Isabel Sánchez Ruiz, explained that electricity is a scarce commodity that people consume all of which we benefit all citizens regardless of our social and economic status.
In this regard, he recalled that the increases in revenue as a result of government increases in 2010 are affecting thousands of families and businesses, and have put Spain ahead in the price of electricity in the countries of the European level international.
The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Sánchez Ruiz, approved last January further increases in electricity have been an important injury to the domestic economies and the Spanish company, more so in the midst of economic crisis we are experiencing so much damage is occurring at the middle classes in general, which are companies with the real economic engine of our country.
Besides this, according to the mayor, the increase for the year beginning with the so-called "electric rate hikes" and promoted last summer after the liberalization of the electricity sector, which prompted the government in 2009, adds yet another rise electricity tariff for another 4% in July, adding to 2.6% last January.
The proposal made by the Ministry of Industry to raise electricity rates in July access will affect the electricity bill each month to pay the majority of households and small businesses in an average increase of 4%.
Ruiz Sánchez pointed out that the tax burden of the Government of the Nation with the continuing threats tax and taxes on fuel light and make the situation untenable for thousands of families and SMEs in the Region of Murcia and Spain in general.
In total, "the rate of light has risen 35% since Zapatero rules for families and Spanish SMEs, whereas the PP decreased by 15%."
The mayor pointed out that only in this year's energy bill will increase by almost 10% because of increased VAT by two points in July, which will impact disastrously on the vast majority of economies Spanish, as also the increase only affects households and SMEs, but not big business.
Moreover, according to the popular, the rise may be even higher if the price continues to increase power by 23 June, which has led to an outcry of every one of the Spanish consumer associations to what they consider a real abuse.
