According to the new regulation, if the public tariff is at least one cent lower than that of an independent supplier, the latter must inform the customer about it, and if the customer agrees to switch to public supply, the contract will be terminated automatically.
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Amendments to the electricity energy laws will continue to be considered by the Seimas and will be adopted by July.
Liberal Simonas Gentvilas asked how the new regulation will affect independent suppliers and what impact it will have on further market liberalization.
Social Democrat Birutė Vėsaitė stated that even small savings are significant for some people.
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Representative of the independent supplier “Elektrum,” Valdonė Kutytė, said that after the Seimas adopts the amendments, administrative costs will increase: “Many paper letters will need to be sent.”
As the Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said while presenting the amendments in the Seimas, with the new public supply tariffs coming into effect on July 1, from September 1 such consumers could pay about 20 cents less per kilowatt-hour.
Vulnerable individuals are considered to be residents who receive or are entitled to receive financial social support, persons with disabilities, or those receiving social old-age pensions or social compensation.
