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Jean Barroca Confirms Undeclared High-Income Foreigners Are Drawing the Tarifa Social de Eletricidade — Government Will Tighten the 2016 Auto-Assignment Rules After IEA Flags 760,000 Households, the Same Count as Spain at a Quarter of the Population

Jean Barroca Confirms Undeclared High-Income Foreigners Are Drawing the Tarifa Social de Eletricidade — Government Will Tighten the 2016 Auto-Assignment Rules After IEA Flags 760,000 Households, the Same Count as Spain at a Quarter of the Population

Energy Secretary of State Jean Barroca said on Friday that high-income foreigners who do not declare income in Portugal are drawing the tarifa social de eletricidade through automatic enrolment. With 760,000 households enrolled — identical to Spain — the rules will be tightened.
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REN's João Conceição Confirms the Zona Única Reform Has Cut Grid-Access Filings From 46 GW to 4 GW — Thirteen Speculative Candidates Compressed Down to a Workable Pipeline as the New Caução Mechanism Filters Real Projects From Land Banks

REN's João Conceição Confirms the Zona Única Reform Has Cut Grid-Access Filings From 46 GW to 4 GW — Thirteen Speculative Candidates Compressed Down to a Workable Pipeline as the New Caução Mechanism Filters Real Projects From Land Banks

The Maria da Graça Carvalho ministry's 27 January reform of Portugal's grid-access selection rules has produced its first measurable result. João Conceição , chief operating officer at REN — Redes Energéticas Nacionais, said in remarks on Friday...
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Tribunal de Gaia Sentences Patrocínio Azevedo to Eight Years and Six Months for Aggravated Passive Corruption — Operação Babel Closes Its First Trial With Four Convictions, Two Acquittals and a €40 Million Illicit-Gain Calculation

Tribunal de Gaia Sentences Patrocínio Azevedo to Eight Years and Six Months for Aggravated Passive Corruption — Operação Babel Closes Its First Trial With Four Convictions, Two Acquittals and a €40 Million Illicit-Gain Calculation

The Tribunal de Vila Nova de Gaia today read its decision in Operação Babel , sentencing former Vila Nova de Gaia vice-mayor Patrocínio Azevedo to eight years and six months in prison for aggravated passive corruption, with an accessory sanction of...
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Mobility & Transport Fund Loads €14.8 Million Across Eight Buckets for Late-May Launch — Bilhética Nacional, Mobilidade Escolar and Taxi Decarbonisation Lead the 2026 Envelope, Up €4.2 Million on 2025

Mobility & Transport Fund Loads €14.8 Million Across Eight Buckets for Late-May Launch — Bilhética Nacional, Mobilidade Escolar and Taxi Decarbonisation Lead the 2026 Envelope, Up €4.2 Million on 2025

Miguel Pinto Luz has approved €14.8 million across eight Fundo para a Mobilidade e Transportes lines for 2026 — €2.7M for bilhética nacional, €3M for stop reconstruction outside Lisbon and Porto, and €700,000 for taxi decarbonisation, with avisos opening late May.
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