Finland's mild winter weather has prompted far fewer applications from households for subsidies and tax deductions on large electricity bills than initially anticipated.
Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, said that around 1,400 households applied for electricity cost support. Kela said it has approved around 320 of those subsidy applications.
According to the Finnish Tax Administration, around 1,500 taxpayers have filed applications for electricity bill tax deductions.
As electricity prices in Finland were skyrocketing last autumn, the government initially anticipated around 100,000 households would apply for electric bill subsidies and that about 250,000 people would take advantage of tax deductions on electricity costs.
However, since the reimbursement plans were implemented, Finland saw an unusually mild winter and electricity prices did not rise to the levels previously predicted.
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