Requisitos para el bono social de la luz

Requisitos para el bono social de la luz

iberdrola

The Bono Social de luz is an aid offered by the Government so that people with less economic resources can pay their electricity bills. To benefit from the Bono Social it is essential to meet a series of requirements in terms of income level and family situation, and the application must be processed directly with a Reference Reseller.

The Bono Social de luz or Bono Social Eléctrico is aimed at vulnerable consumers with a complicated economic situation. It is a discount offered by the Government to help families pay their electricity bills.

Once the Reference Reseller receives the application for the Bono Social from any user, as long as they meet the necessary requirements, it takes approximately 15 days for the discount to be applied to their bill.

Being a beneficiary of the Bono Social eléctrico depends on the family unit and the annual income level. Depending on these conditions, a family can be considered as a vulnerable consumer, severe vulnerable consumer or severe vulnerable consumer at risk of social exclusion.

iprem

Royal Decree 897/2017, of October 6, which regulates the figure of the vulnerable consumer, the social bonus and other protection measures for domestic electricity consumers.See consolidated text.

On December 25, 2016, Royal Decree-Law 7/2016, of December 23, which regulates the mechanism for financing the cost of the social bonus and other measures for the protection of vulnerable consumers of electric energy, came into force.

The aforementioned Royal Decree-Law amended Article 45 of Law 24/2013, of December 26, on the Electricity Sector, whose paragraph 1 states that «the definition of vulnerable consumers and their categories and the requirements they must meet, as well as the measures to be adopted for these groups shall be determined by regulation by the Government».

Along the same lines, the same article 52 was amended to extend to four months, for vulnerable consumers to be determined by regulation, the period of time after the first request for payment of the electricity bill entitles the suspension of supply in the event of non-payment.

pvpc

The Bono Social de luz is an aid offered by the Government so that people with less economic resources can pay their electricity bills. To benefit from the Bono Social it is essential to meet a series of requirements in terms of income level and family situation, and the application must be processed directly with a Reference Commercialization Company.

The Bono Social de luz or Bono Social Eléctrico is aimed at vulnerable consumers with a complicated economic situation. It is a discount offered by the Government to help families pay their electricity bills.

Once the Reference Reseller receives the application for the Bono Social from any user, as long as they meet the necessary requirements, it takes approximately 15 days for the discount to be applied to their bill.

Being a beneficiary of the Bono Social eléctrico depends on the family unit and the annual income level. Depending on these conditions, a family can be considered as a vulnerable consumer, severe vulnerable consumer or severe vulnerable consumer at risk of social exclusion.

wikipedia

In accordance with Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13, 1999, on the Protection of Personal Data, the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge undertakes to comply with its obligation of secrecy with respect to personal data that may be requested through the services of this website and the duty to treat them with confidentiality. At any time, users may exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition by requesting it by any means that leaves a record of its sending and receipt to the competent General Sub-Directorate in both Ministries.