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Maria da Graça Carvalho had promised to end EMER, a body set up to speed up the licensing of renewable energy projects. However, for now the body remains and will be led by an official from the office of the Secretary of State for Energy.
Home News Fuel prices rise Fuel prices rise According to the Directorate-General for Energy and Geology ( DGEG), fuel prices may increase. By TPN, in News · 17 Jan 2026, 15:03 · 0 Comments Credits: Lusa; Thus, diesel prices could rise by another 2. 5 cents, reaching €1.
Presidential candidate Gouveia e Melo today met with the Movimento Terra de Miranda, which is involved in a legal dispute with private energy companies, and promised to veto any government or parliamentary decrees that run counter to the general interest.
The chairman of E-Redes' board of directors, José Ferrari Careto, says that if management of the low-voltage network had been separated from the other voltage levels, responding to the blackout would have been more difficult. This option had already been on the table given the conditions under which the last Socialist government ...
The former president of the Regulatory Authority for Energy Services (ERSE), Jorge Vasconcelos, will lead the work of the newly created commission to strengthen regulators' independence, and has until May to deliver a report on the matter to the Government. The decision was published on Monday in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), as part of the Government's intention to “review the ...”
Home News Electricity prices to rise in 2026 Electricity prices to rise in 2026 Electricity bills for customers in the regulated market will increase by an average of 1% starting January 1st, according to the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE).
The energy regulator will publish the new tariffs for 2026 this Monday. The proposal made in October anticipated increases of 1% in final prices in the regulated market and 3% in access tariffs for families in the free market. Understand how price setting works.
The partners also emphasized “the need to implement capacity enhancement plans for the Multisectoral Economic Regulation Agency (ARME) to strengthen the regulation of the sector.”
