📋 Tender Overview
On July 9 and 14, 2026, the Chamber of Deputies gave the green light to subsidies intended to reduce the price of gas and the price of electricity for households from August 1, 2026. These measures were decided within the framework of Resilienzpak 2026 resulting from the meetings of the Tripartite Coordination Committee on May 12, 2026, and June 2, 3 and 4, 2026. The Minister of Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, underlined: These two subsidies - on the price of electricity and on the price of gas - provide immediate support to households. They strengthen the purchasing power of citizens and help to contain inflation in a context of high volatility in international energy markets. Through these measures, the government protects homes, stabilizes energy costs and supports the transition to a more energy system. resilient. Electricity price subsidy for households To strengthen the purchasing power of households and curb inflation in a context of high volatility in international energy markets, and at the same time accelerate the energy transition, the government introduced a subsidy on the price of electricity of EUR4 cents including tax per kWh. This measure applies automatically to all residential customers with an annual consumption of less than 25,000 kWh, from August 1 and until December 31, 2026. This subsidy is in addition to the support measures to reduce the price of electricity already in force, namely the subsidy on network costs and the States assumption of responsibility for the compensation mechanism for the years 2026, 2027 and 2028. Gas price subsidy for households To strengthen the purchasing power of households and curb inflation in a context of high volatility in international energy markets, the Government has introduced financial compensation of EUR15 cents including tax per cubic meter of gas. This measure applies automatically to all residential customers, from August 1 to December 31, 2026. Remember that these subsidies are in addition to the measures intended to reduce heating oil and agricultural diesel by EUR15 cents including tax per liter, and EUR5 cents including tax per liter of gasoline and diesel.
