While energy support measures put in place by the state mean that district heating costs will remain unchanged through the winter, so far as the end-user resident goes, they could still vary, depending on the severity of the winter, ERR reports.
District heating refers to hot water piped in to many apartment blocks by companies such as, in Tallinn, Utilitas. Natural gas is the most common energy source for heating the water, meaning soaring gas prices have been passed on to this energy cost also.
Siim Umbleja (pictured), head of the national power plant and district heating association (Eesti Jõujaamade ja Kaugkütte Ühing), told Vikerraadio morning show "Vikerhommik" Wednesday that: "This all depends on the fuel used; for the consumer I believe it [the price tariff - ed.) will remain constant. Since the compensation measures set by the government – an €80 cap, beyond which 80 percent is compensated, remains in place until spring. In this sense, nothing will change for the consumer."
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