From Saturday, new subsidies for electricity, gas, and heating oil have been implemented in Luxembourg, following agreements reached during the most recent tripartite negotiations in early June.
The key objectives of this so-called resilience package are to curb inflation, strengthen household purchasing power, and further advance the national energy transition.
One of the new temporary support measures is an extra subsidy of four cents per kilowatt hour on electricity prices. This is in addition to existing subsidies on network charges and the state's previous intervention in the electricity compensation mechanism.
In total, the current state support now amounts to approximately 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour. According to the Ministry of the Economy, an average household can expect to save around €180 over the next five months.
Households that have invested in an electric car and a heat pump could save up to €465 by the end of December, when these subsidies are due to expire.
Similar subsidies now apply to gas, with 15 cents per cubic metre covered by the state. As with the electricity measures, this support is granted automatically to all residents.
The Ministry of the Economy estimates that a family living in a house could save around €150 on their gas bill over five months.
Heating oil and agricultural diesel are also included in the package, with a state subsidy of 15 cents per litre. For example, filling a 2,000-litre heating oil tank would cost roughly €300 less at current prices.
Since 1 July, subsidies of five cents per litre have also applied to petrol and diesel.
All of these temporary support measures are set to end on 31 December.
