Spanish Regents will be able to hire two electric powers a year thanks to the new double rate

The Spanish Regents are happy. The Law on the Prevention of Loss and Food Waste, published in the Official Gazette of the State (BOE) yesterday, includes a long demanded measure: the possibility of hiring two different electricity rates throughout the year, one for the irrigation season and the other for the non-irrigation periods. This double rate, according to the estimates of FENACORE, will allow communities of farmers and owners of farms to …

The legislative text contained in the Official Gazette of the State (BOE) contains special conditions in energy contracts, for holders of agricultural holdings (autonomous or enterprises), including agricultural cooperatives and irrigation communities" in order to better adjust their costs to the seasonality of the activity. "They will be able to make use of the right to the contract of access with the possibility of having two different powers …