Factsheet for measure
HU-2022-6/3500
– measures in Hungary
Electric heating for households in need
Közösségi energiatermelés és -felhasználás a hátrányos helyzetű településeke
Background information
The government adopted a decision in 2019 to create a long-term programme to facilitate the development of the most disadvantaged 300 municipalities in Hungary. As a pilot project, a solar power plant was built in Tiszabő, in northeast Hungary, one of the eligible municipalities, which was accompanied by the installation of electric current consumption meters and power sockets in the selected households with children under the age of three. As a result, all the involved families became able to heat at least one of their rooms through electric heating panels for which they will have to pay a symbolic amount of monthly rent. The present project, launched in 2022 under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF-3.4.1-22), is based on the Tiszabő pilot project
Content of measure
The primary objective of the project is to increase the municipality-level solar energy production capacity by 25,000 kilowatts peak by the end of 2025 in Hungary, by installing mini solar power plants in 52 of the 300 most disadvantaged municipalities. The plants make it possible to introduce electric heating in many households that either had no access to heating or heated with wood or coal or by burning waste. The introduction of electric heating entails the installation of heating plates and prepayment meters in the households. The proceeds of the solar power plants will be used to rebate a part of the electrical heating costs for families in need who are residents of the involved municipalities, have young children and are selected through a tender procedure.
The programme is implemented by the Hungarian branch of the Maltese Charity Service. The cost of the programme is HUF 12.92 billion (€33 million), financed entirely from the RRF facility.
Use of measure
According to the Maltese Charity, 13,600 dwellings will be connected to the network after the completion of the programme, out of the total of more than 80,000 dwellings in the 300 most disadvantaged municipalities. The number of families that receive rebates after their electricity costs is unknown – according to the Maltese Charity, the completion of the first phase (the installation of 12.500 kilowatts peak) will make it possible to subsidise 2,000 families with young children
Target groups
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Funding
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Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)
Local / regional government
Public support service providers
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European Funds
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Social partners
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designing the measure
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Trade unions
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
No social partners' involvement was reported.
Views and reactions
No known views by social partners.
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