The Director of Energy of the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), Rocío Prieto, has emphasized that the new remuneration scheme for the gas system for the regulatory period 2027-2032 “provides a stable and predictable framework for six years that offers adequate profitability and favors the consumer,” while consolidating the existing criteria “by adapting them to facilitate the penetration of renewable gases into the energy system.”
During her participation in an event organized by Enerclub and Sedigás, Prieto noted that the circulars for the sector approved last September, and in effect from this 1 October, are based on the companies’ actual costs and advance the transformation towards installations “increasingly smarter, cyber-secure, decarbonized and efficient.”
On the other hand, the President of the Spanish Gas Association (Sedigás), Joan Batalla, considered that the new framework “provides stability and recognizes the strategic value of gas infrastructures,” although he warned that “it maintains some limitations that should be corrected in order to guarantee sufficient remuneration for all regulated activities.”
In this regard, he defended that its economic viability is key to ensuring supply security, enabling the integration of renewable gases, responding to cybersecurity challenges, and advancing decarbonization that is manageable for households and industrial fabric, as Enerclub indicated in a statement.
The event also included analysis by infrastructure operators, large consumers, and players in renewable gases on a regulatory framework that will set the course of the gas system over the next six years.