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Investing.com -- Portugal’s electricity market regulator ERSE has proposed a 1% increase in regulated tariffs for 2026, affecting 820,000 households and small businesses, the agency announced Thursday.
The modest tariff hike will also indirectly influence market prices charged by utilities across Portugal’s energy sector.
ERSE attributed the relatively small increase to expectations that utilities would purchase reduced amounts of electricity from producers with guaranteed higher remuneration contracts.
The regulator also cited "tariff containment measures" valued at approximately €401 million ($467 million) that helped limit the price increase.
These containment measures, scheduled for implementation in 2026, will be funded through multiple revenue streams including greenhouse gas emission allowance auctions, petroleum product taxation, and windfall profits collected from the energy sector.
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