Highway code, mortgage, increase in social rates: everything that changes on October 1

Social tariffs for electricity and natural gas will increase, on average by 7.8% for electricity and 9.9% for natural gas. This is a slightly higher increase than that recorded in July.

The single electricity tariff will be 26,510 cents per kilowatt hour (VAT included), compared to 24.613 currently.

For natural gas, the social tariff will amount to 3,4 cents per kWh (also including VAT), whereas it is currently 3.093 cents. Market prices are around 10 to 12 cents per kWh.