Since the adoption of the electricity law at the time of Aznar completely privatised the sector in 1997, the market price is calculated with a state-of-the-art MWh offering that enters the system. Natural gas, for example, costs seven times as much, reducing the production of renewables and increasing the price when fossil fuels are used.

María Arretxe, from Goiener, has highlighted the lack of transparency of this auction called pool on Basque television, as big companies use “tricks”, such as the supply of water plants that are normally owned by them. Iberdrola won €2,681 million in the first nine months of 2020.

Now that you're asking us to stay at home to deal with COVID-19, a lot of people live in energy poverty, and that opaque system of electricity pricing does nothing but widen the gap. Many agents are demanding the re-publication of the sector and demand makes all sense, because it is not fair to speculate with a basic need. The writer Isaac Rosa said in El Diario.es that cold depends on purchasing power, that cold distinguishes classes and neighborhoods.

It is therefore also up to us to make responsible use of energy for the citizens and for the institutions. How is it possible that in the middle of a snowfall and a historic wave of cold, you want to keep the colorful green of El Sadar's football field for days and nights using giant stoves? What is more, in view of the harsh conditions of those living on the street? Ask a friend that last week he ended up at the Jundiz biocompost plant while sleeping in a trash can in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Two weeks ago in Hendaia a homeless man died from the cold, three years ago in Zarautz another… Those will not be able to answer. Not a cold neighborhood, a shameful neighborhood.