Power Pass: The payment of financial aid for power bills starts on Friday
The action is carried out with the cooperation of the Ministries of Finance, Digital Governance and Environment and Energy.
The so-called Power Pass provides cash rebates ranging from 18 euros to 600 euros for bills issued between December 1, 2021 and 31 May, 2022 and covers 60% of the surplus charges on bills from sharply higher energy prices, minus the state subsidies and any discounts given by the providers.
Beneficiaries include households with a net family income in 2020 of up to 45,000 euros and homes with non-fixed price contracts (contracts that follow wholesale energy market price fluctuations). It chiefly concerns the primary residence of a household, but also applies to rentals for dependent students that are studying away from home (within Greece). In cases where there are two beneficiaries for the same home, the rebate is split between them.