OCU warns of rise next gas from October 1

After several consecutive quarters of declines caused by low gas prices in international markets, the Last Resort Rate (TUR) to climb back up from tomorrow October 1.

According to data OCU reports that during the last two years, 2015 and 2016, gas had accumulated several price drops that had reduced the bill for an average household by almost 15%. If we estimate an average annual consumption for a household of 9000 kWh has meant a saving of over 100 euros per year.

OCU warns that the trend breaks from tomorrow with a rise in the average bill of 1%, which will mean a slight increase of 7 euros at the annual gas bill for households that have contracted the regulated tariff TUR, with one of the four trading designated for them.

For the remaining households will depend on what they have collected in their contracts if certain suppliers in the free market had already anticipated this shift and its commercial offer he had already experienced a rise. For those who want to know the best deals and compare them with your current rate OCU comparator offers the following rates:

https://www.ocu.org/vivienda-y-energia/gas-luz