Orange gas bottles go up this Tuesday
The price of an orange gas bottle (butano) will go up 3,3% tomorrow (Tuesday 19). They currently cost €12,68 and tomorrow they will cost €13.10.
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Repsol on strike over New Year
Repsol’s central division expect to walk out on strike from the 24th December until the 11th January. Repsol say they don’t know how this will affect the delivery of gas bottles to clients, but warn it is extremely likely that the national distribution of commercial and domestic gas bottles will be hit. So stock up whilst you can! Further wildcat strikes are expected until April 4th 2016. Union UGT is protesting against plans by Repsol Continue reading Repsol on strike over New Year
Gas bottles down again
The price of a bottle of gas (botella de butano) has dropped again by 4.9% and has a maximum price of 12.76€. Which is nice. FACUA the consumers organisation points out that the average bottle of gas under the reign of Rajoy is still 28% more expensive than under Zapatero.
Diesel for under €1 a litre!
Diesel dropped to under €1 a litre at over 100 petrol stations across Spain yesterday, and in the province two stations are selling it for €0,99 a litre: one in Vícar and another in El Ejido. Prices have dropped to those of five years ago, as the drop in crude oil finally starts to filter through to the consumer. Most of the cheapest petrol stations are in Catalunya. Check out the cheapest stations near you Continue reading Diesel for under €1 a litre!
First “low cost” gas stations approved in Madrid
Madrid has become the first region of Spain to allow a new style of low cost gas station to open, issuing eight permits across the region. It’s an attempt to shake up Spains oligopolistic network of gas stations by letting new operators into the market, and comes from a 2013 change to the appropriate national laws.
Dodgy gas installers nicked – over 2,500 elderly conned
You know those kind souls from the “gas company” that knock on your door and charge you a vast amount to change the regulator on your gas bottle? A whole bunch of them got arrested nationally yesterday. Not for ripping off over 2,500 main pensioners, or demanding money with menaces, but for defrauding the revenue.
Health Tax on Fuel is illegal, rules EU court – must Spain pay back 13 billion euros to us drivers?
The EU has ruled that the centimo sanitario is illegal, opening the way to a court ruling that Spain must return the almost 13 billion euros collected to drivers. It’s a tax that the regions are allowed to apply at their discretion to fuel sold at the pumps, and the reason why Murcia is slightly cheaper for gas than Andalucia (Murcia doesn’t collect the tax). It’s known as the impuesto sobre las ventas minoristas de Continue reading Health Tax on Fuel is illegal, rules EU court – must Spain pay back 13 billion euros to us drivers?
Gas bombonas price to soar if government stops subsidising
The price of a bombona looks set to almost double if a government plan to stop underwriting the cost of them goes ahead. Gas Natural Fenosa, the largest bombona company in Spain, has confirmed that it expect the government to “shortly” stop subsidising the cost of bottled gas, and to stop fixing the price – meaning it will soar!
Spanish electricity a THIRD MORE than in the UK!
Yup – a recent BBC survey shows that the average kw/h in Spain is a third more than in the UK! See the full survey here So Madrid pays an average of 24.34 eurocents per kw/h and London just 17.75 for the electricity. For gas kw/h, Madrid pays 8,38 eurocents per kw/h and London just 5,75. It’s even more expensive in Andalucia, due to regional taxes, and the IU now want to put up these Continue reading Spanish electricity a THIRD MORE than in the UK!
Gas bottles up again, now €17,49
Butane has gone up again and an orange bottle will, from tomorrow Tuesday, cost you a total of €17,49. 2,1% increase in just two months. The government has added a new stealth tax to butance (€0,15 a ton of liquid gas). This price will run until the 9th of July when it will be revised.