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- Registration in the municipal register: The person applying for the social discount rate for electricity must be the contract holder and must be registered in the dwelling that receives the supply, in any municipality in Spain.

- Income: The income for the previous calendar year determines the situation of vulnerability and allows the discount rate to be set. The reference is the current IPREM, the State's public indicator of multiple effects income. The individual or household will be considered vulnerable or severely vulnerable depending on their level of income.

a) Table of annual income to determine a household is considered vulnerable:

Table drawn up by the authors with data from the Social Discount Rate for Electricity of the Government of Spain and the CNMC.

To calculate the income thresholds, 1.5 times the IPREM is assigned to individual applicants and is increased by 0.5 times for each child and 0.3 times for each adult in the household. The IPREM is also increased by 1 if any member of the household unit meets any special condition. The applied IPREM is that of the year 2023 (€8,400/year in 14 instalments).

* A special condition exists when any member of the family unit:

• Has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%.

• Is a victim of gender-based violence.

• Is a victim of terrorist violence.

• Has a recognised degree of dependency II or III.

• Has the status of a single-parent family (consisting of a single parent and at least one child).

b) Large families: households with the status of large family are considered vulnerable and are entitled to the social discount rate for electricity, with no income-related limit.

c) Beneficiaries of the Minimum Living Wage: all households benefitting from the Minimum Living Wage are considered vulnerable and are entitled to the social discount rate for electricity. 

d) Households where all members are recipients of a minimum pension: households where all members receive a minimum retirement or permanent disability pension are considered vulnerable and are entitled to the social discount rate for electricity if they do not have other income exceeding 500 euros annually.

Amount and frequency: 

The social discount rate for electricity is a discount on electricity bills for vulnerable households. The discounts that apply are as follows:

• - 25% discount for all vulnerable families. Exceptionally, the discount is 65% until 31 December 2023.

• - 40% discount for severely vulnerable families. Exceptionally, the discount is 80% until 31 December 2023.

To be considered a severely vulnerable household, it must meet the following requirements:

• Income does not exceed 50% of the thresholds set for vulnerable households.

• In the case of large families, the income threshold is set at €16,800/year (twice the IPREM).

• In the case of households where all members receive a minimum retirement or permanent disability pension, the income threshold is €8,400 per year (equal to the IPREM).

Moreover, individuals who meet the requirements to be considered severely vulnerable consumers and are assisted by social services provided by a regional or local administration that finances at least 50% of the invoice amount will be deemed “consumers at risk of social exclusion”, and their supply cannot be interrupted.

The recipients of the social discount rate for electricity will also be beneficiaries of the social discount rate for energy without the need to carry out any formalities.