Sector forecasts put diesel down 9 to 11 cents and petrol down 11.5 to 12.5 cents from Monday 9 November, as Brent heads for its steepest weekly fall since 2020. The weekly fuel-tax order, which could trim the discount, was not yet published by Friday afternoon.
In the EIB's 2026 Climate Survey, 68 percent in Portugal say energy prices cut their purchasing power significantly, against 60 percent across the EU. Fewer cut food or heating than the EU average. Here is the help already available.
Miguel Stilwell de Andrade will leave EDP when his term ends at the 2027 shareholders' meeting. An international search is under way, and nothing changes for customers in the meantime.
ERSE closed its case against Iberdrola's Portuguese retailer on 2 November. The company admitted switching customers without express consent, short gas reserves, bill errors, slow phone answering and late compensation, and settled for half the fine.
Maria da Graça Carvalho told MPs the Iberian mechanism, which capped gas for power generation at 40 euros a megawatt-hour from 2022, "penalises the economy". CIP had asked for it back. ERSE's 2027 proposal adds 0.54 to 1.28 euros to typical regulated bills.
Families on the electricity social tariff or below 80 percent of median income will get vouchers covering 70 to 90 percent of an electric car, up to 15,000 euros, with nothing paid up front. About 5,500 cars are funded for 1.5 million eligible homes.
Collective self-consumption projects and energy communities in operation rose from 879 to 2,127 between January and September, the ministry says. What Decree-Law 130/2026 changed, the 2 km rule, and the seven-year exemption from bill charges.
