17/03/2025

On 12 March, as part of the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations, ERSE - the Energy Services Regulatory Authority - was at Antena 1/RTP headquarters in Lisbon to launch the new service "Let's simulate with you" at consumer workplaces.

The initiative was very well attended by public radio and television employees and allowed around 50 price simulations to be carried out during the action, which lasted more than five hours.

The initiative was also widely covered by public radio and television, with several live broadcasts and the presence of ERSE's Energy Consumers Department in the studios of Filomena Crespo's programme on Antena 1 and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira's programme "A Nossa Tarde" on RTP1. This allowed some of the most common doubts that consumers have about electricity and gas supply to be clarified live and the benefits of using ERSE's energy price simulator regularly to be presented.

With this initiative, which will now be replicated in various organisations across the country, ERSE aims to strengthen its proximity to consumers in order to train them in the use of ERSE's energy price comparison tool and encourage them to seek out the best deals for their electricity or natural gas supply.

The "Let's simulate with you" service will be provided by ERSE, preferably in workplaces with a large number of employees, and through prior scheduling by the heads of the companies, which can be done here.

There are currently numerous offers from various suppliers on the market. ERSE advises consumers to use the energy price comparison tool available on its website at least twice a year, for which it also provides an explanatory video.

ERSE's energy price comparison tool compares all electricity and natural gas commercial offers for domestic electricity (Normal Low Voltage) and natural gas (Low Pressure) consumers in mainland Portugal, and is an essential tool for an informed choice by consumers who want to change energy supplier.