This autumn, the price of heat varies.
The highest heat tariffs are in Ventspils region's Stikli and Užava - just over EUR €176 per megawatt-hour, and in Ventava - €150. The lowest heating bills are in Strenči, Jēkabpils, and Iecava - €52, €58 and €59 per megawatt-hour respectively.
These are the September figures, which can be viewed on the website of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission. Note that these tariffs are exclusive of value added tax (VAT), which is set at 12% for residential consumers.
In previous seasons, tariffs reached record highs in many places, mainly due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which caused gas and electricity prices to soar.
Today, Riga House Manager (RNP), which is the largest housing manager in the capital, announces the start of the heating season. The heating tariff in the capital is €82.63 per megawatt-hour. According to Inita Kabanova, the company's spokesperson, 2,700 or 99% of all the heat exchangers in the houses managed by RNP have been technically checked and prepared, and the remaining ones are expected to be checked in the next few days.
It should be taken into account that within two weeks after the heating is connected, the heating system stabilization works will continue - during these works, heating systems that have been damaged or affected by incorrect and uncoordinated repairs carried out by the residents during the summer will be recovered and repaired.
Each house can find out the specific date of the heating connection via the individual "e-parvaldnieks.lv" or from the mobile app.
Heating will be connected later in renovated houses, which retain heat for longer and therefore have a shorter heating season and lower heating costs. But when the air temperature exceeds +12 degrees, the heating will switch off automatically.