Hispalyt Pronounces in front of the amendments presented by the PP on the energetic reform

Hispalyt, Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Bricks and Knit of Clay Baked, has pronounced after knowing the amendments that the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Senate has presented to the Project of Law of Fiscal Measures for the Energetic Sustainability. In concrete, the patronal of the sector of Bricks and Knit does reference to the amendment 216, concerning applying the type reduced, minimum harmonised, for the natural gas allocated to industrial uses as long as “it do not use for cogeneration”, and to the amendment 193, concerning going up to 7% the tax to the electrical generation.

Hispalyt Considers that the PP has to have a mistaken reference regarding the meaning of the cogeneration, that is what does that this project of law ensañe on this technology, doing it unfeasible and, therefore, prejudicing gravely to the industries that have invested in these installations to cover the total or part of his energetic demand, when applying him a type impositivo to the natural gas that use like fuel, upper to the of the natural gas that avoid to consume in the industry.

The cogeneration is a system of energetic efficiency whereby saves primary power. That is to say, it is a system that takes advantage of the heat that gives off of the generation of electrical power, to cover the demand of heat of the industries, by what reduces the consumption of power of the country. Thus, the cogeneration is beneficial so much from the punto of rational use of the power as from the environingingmental punto, by the decrease of broadcasts of CO2. But besides, in the case of Spain, that is absolutely deficitaria in hydrocarbons, so much of oil as of natural gas, the cogeneration is even more beneficial.

Calls the attention that in the exhibition of reasons of the Project of Law base the argument for the application of a type impositivo distinct of zero to the fuel for cogeneration (generation combined of heat and electricity), and by means of this amendment, apply a type impositivo greater that the one who would apply to the gas in the industries where are installed. In the Directive 2003/96/CE, and specifically in the article 15.1, establish the activities on which the countries members will be able to apply fiscal exemptions totals or partial or reductions of the level of imposición, between which finds the one of the section c) the energetic products and the electricity used for the generation combined of heat and electricity.

Are numerous the reviews that does this Directive 2003/96/CE, so much in his considering as in his articulated, to promote the generation combined of heat and electricity, promoting types impositivos reduced or exemptions.

On the other hand, the recently published Managerial concerning the energetic efficiency 2012/27/EU, has between his aims attain 20% of saving of primary power, and for this bet, as it exposes his considering 12, in that they have to reinforce the disposals of the Directive 2004/8/CE relative to the promotion of the cogeneration on the demand of useful heat in the inner market of the power, and in numerous articles in which it promotes to the utilisation of the cogeneration.

Hispalyt Considers contradictory that the type impositivo to the natural gas used for the cogeneration in the industry was upper to the that uses in his processes to cover his thermal sensors demand, since the type impositivo applied to the fuel for cogeneration would have to be at least the same to the that uses in the industry in which it is installed.

By all this, in relation to the amendment 216 Hispalyt concludes that with this type impositivo applied to the cogeneration will not collect more imposed on the fuel of cogeneration, since in these conditions the installations of cogeneration of the country will not put in operation. Like this, on the one hand, Spain will increase his energetic dependency when having to increase the import of primary power and, on the other hand, will prejudice the competitiveness of the industries that have invested in cogeneration to improve his energetic efficiency, as it is the case of the factories of bricks and knit.

This amendment will mean an increase in the cost of electric power to approximately 67 million euro industry, to join the 775 million that are expected to raise the tax rate of 6% on the value of the production of electrical energy, with rising the total cost on the industry to 843 million of.

Additionally, it is estimated a fundraising by electrical energy from the cogeneration of 179 million euros. Hispalyt, the problem is that, as explained in the amendment 216, with the tax to fuel cogeneration plants, these will not get in operation, so the 179 million euros which the Government plans to raise are not going to enter.

As it has already come declaring Hispalyt in recent weeks, this law affects directly and significantly, among others, the sector of bricks and tiles, putting in grave danger the livelihood of structural ceramics industry.