“Madeira, due to its outermost insular condition, cannot be subject to abrupt fluctuations in market prices and must be protected”, said Miguel Albuquerque, stressing that the option for the regulated market was “a good option”.

Regarding the fluctuations in electricity and gas prices, following the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine, the President of the Regional Government stated that these will always occur depending on the regulated market.

“That is, they will always be subsidised prices. It will never be the price practiced on the free market”, he reinforced.