The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, has opted for "savings and efficiency" in gas consumption, but has assured that the Government is not considering the hypothesis of restricting it to "any type of consumer". In addition, she has stated that Spain will show solidarity with the rest of Europe, "but not at the expense of domestic and industrial consumers" who have been paying "a very high bill for a long time" and "do not deserve restrictions or rationing."
He said this in Bilbao, where he traveled to visit the floating "H2Sarea" research, development and innovation project and attend the inauguration of the "DemoSATH" test platform for offshore wind energy prototypes.
In statements to journalists, the minister stressed that the Executive "is committed" to consumers, both domestic and industrial. "Spain is going to show solidarity with the rest of Europe, but our solidarity is much more useful if we can make use of our infrastructures to be able to provide gas to the rest of Europe, but not at the expense of domestic and industrial consumers who have been paying for a very high bill for a long time, precisely because it is an energy island", he said.
In this regard, he pointed out that the Spanish regasification capacity represents more than 30% of the European total and, therefore, Spain is "the main port of entry for liquefied natural gas into Europe", which "has been reflected in bills of domestic and industrial gas consumers who, therefore, do not deserve to give restrictions".
"I do believe that we must bet on savings and efficiency, I do believe that we must find out how some consumption can be replaced by others, to the extent that they can be replaced, but we do not consider the hypothesis of introducing rationing or restrictions of any kind consumer," said
