D. Saková: The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic has prepared several scenarios of targeted assistance for 2026. The final form will be decided by the Slovak government.
Slovak households are guaranteed fixed prices of electricity, gas, and heat until the end of 2025. For 2026, the Ministry of Economy (MH SR) has prepared several scenarios of targeted energy assistance, with the final decision to be made by the Slovak government.
To enable this, it was necessary to automatically add apartment numbers to the address register for more than 1.1 million flats out of nearly 2 million Slovak households, to connect 223 databases from suppliers and distributors of commodities, and to process more than 3,000 files from the cadastre, health insurance companies, social insurance agency, financial administration, and other institutions. The goal is to ensure that assistance is automatic, fast, and effective, without the need for citizens to make personal visits to offices. This was made possible not only thanks to legislation prepared by the Ministry of Economy earlier this year, but also due to the effective cooperation of all involved ministries and institutions.
“Targeted energy assistance, on which we have been working intensively at the Ministry of Economy, is now taking concrete shape. It required many months of hard work, since neither our ministry nor any other had anything prepared for such targeted aid. The first step was drafting the necessary legislation. Thanks to that, we were able to link existing registers and data, which I had personally prepared and implemented during my time at the Ministry of Interior. This allowed us to create an integrated system that enabled us to prepare several alternative proposals for distributing targeted energy assistance to households – quickly, automatically, and efficiently. The key criteria for determining recipients will, of course, be their income and consumption. We will focus above all on vulnerable groups, such as pensioners, single-parent families, or citizens with disabilities. The system we have now developed can also be used for any type of assistance in the future,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Denisa Saková.
In order to distribute targeted energy support, it was necessary to identify so-called “energy households” – meaning households composed of persons with permanent residence at a given address.
The European Commission has pledged to assist Slovakia in finding ways to use unspent EU funds, either for diversification projects or energy assistance. Representatives of the European Commission also promised the possibility of fast-tracked assessments of any proposed state aid schemes. The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic will therefore continue intensive negotiations to relieve pressure on public resources and to deliver the maximum possible support for energy costs to Slovak households and industry.
In the case of electricity, the memorandum with Slovenské elektrárne remains in force, guaranteeing the commodity price of electricity for Slovak households. For 2025, better conditions were negotiated compared to the previous electoral period – covering the entire household consumption of 6 TWh (instead of the originally agreed 5.5 TWh) at a price of €61/MWh, compared to the previously agreed €66.70/MWh.
The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic has presented the prepared alternatives for targeted energy assistance to the Prime Minister, which will subsequently be submitted for discussion at a government meeting.
The Press Department of MoE SR