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Inspectors to be allowed to force entry into your home if they see a solar panel

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So we learn today that an amendment to the Solar Energy Bill will allow Inspectors from the Ministry of Industry to force their way onto private property if they see a solar panel, with just an authorisation from their boss. Enmienda número 475 of the Proyecto de Ley del Sector Eléctrico allows the Ministry to send Inspectors with no prior appointment to private homes to revise the installation of solar panels, to ensure that they Continue reading Inspectors to be allowed to force entry into your home if they see a solar panel→

Electricity up 2% tomorrow

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Tomorrow sees the introduction of the new free market for electricty and (piped) gas in Spain. If you don’t choose a supplier and new tariff, you remain on the “base” rate, the Tarifa de Ultimo Recurso (TUR), which is basically the same as it is now. Except that “they” have just announced that the TUR will be 2% higher than current prices, so as from middnight tonight all prices go up. So start hunting around Continue reading Electricity up 2% tomorrow→