PASOK tables amendment to move households from variable to cheaper fixed power tariffs

The amendment

PASOK, the main opposition party led by Nikos Androulakis, has tabled an amendment to the energy market bill now before parliament. The bill, from the Ministry of Environment and Energy, aims to improve electricity market planning and transpose EU Directive 2024/1711, and it was debated in plenary on 10 November. The amendment would automatically move households on variable 'green' tariffs to the cheapest fixed 'blue' plan offered by their own supplier, unless they decline. According to the party, the text was worked on by energy sector head Franciskos Parasyris and its energy department, and it reverses the default setting in consumers' favour. Androulakis was expected to take the floor in the plenary the same day to attack the government over living costs.

Why PASOK frames it as urgent

PASOK says the state moved millions of consumers onto green tariffs automatically in 2023 and that more than 50% of households remain on a variable product. NEWS 24/7 dates the automatic placement of households that pick no programme to the new pricing system introduced in 2024. The party says the variable price reached 28 cents per kWh in November 2026, a 33% rise in a single month, while fixed blue tariffs sit at around 14 to 15 cents per kWh. For a household using 400 kWh a month, PASOK puts the green-tariff bill at 118 euros against 64 euros on a blue tariff for the same energy.

Green (variable) tariff118

Blue (fixed) tariff64

Green (variable) tariff

118 euros

Blue (fixed) tariff

64 euros

Data from the article text

How the transfer would work

Under the proposal, consumers would receive written notice 30 days before any move and could refuse with a single phone call. Customers who stay on a variable or 'yellow' plan would see on their bill what they would pay on a fixed tariff. The move would happen in three phases, giving priority to vulnerable households and high consumers. PASOK argues the scheme costs the state nothing because providers would shift customers to prices they already offer on the open market.

“The proposed regulation brings no fiscal cost, as the state budget is not burdened.”

Parasyris also cited a RAAEY report on 2025 household tariffs, which found fixed tariffs 17% cheaper at a monthly consumption of 330 kWh. Customers would keep the right to leave their new plan without penalty for 60 days afterwards.

Data centers and the wider bill

PASOK has also tabled a separate amendment on data centers. It would set minimum distances from homes, strict environmental, noise, microclimate and planning limits, remove special building privileges, and set conditions for siting data centers near residential areas. The government's bill, which was due in plenary on 10 November, contains its own data center framework, and the government describes it as very strict. PASOK considers that framework insufficient to protect the country from the changes such large investments could bring. Parasyris has argued for a more organized and detailed set of rules, to prevent irreversible effects from disorganized and highly concentrated siting.

Political stakes

Androulakis is preparing a parliamentary clash with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the measures Mitsotakis announced in Thessaloniki. PASOK had described those measures in early September as returning only a small part of the over-taxation Greeks experienced. Party aides believe the cost of living will largely decide the next elections and that voters will choose between two programs. The aides say PASOK's program focuses on tackling high prices and reducing inequality. No source reports a vote on the tariff amendment yet.