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Checked 2026-09-30

🌡️ District heating, heating oil or bottled gas in Spain: what are my rights?

The short answer

Not every home is on the gas grid. District heating, heating oil and LPG have their own rules, and often a different body handles complaints.

📜 The rules in Spain

Heating without the gas grid

Bottled butane in 8–20 kg bottles has a maximum price set every two months by the Dirección General de Política Energética y Minas; it includes home delivery. Other bottled gas prices are free. From 15 September 2026 the maximum is 123.4447 cents/kg before taxes.

  • The bimonthly maximum price covers bottles of 8 to 20 kg with a tare over 9 kg; prices of other bottles are free. (miteco.gob.es)
  • In buildings with central heating, and homes supplied by a district heating network, owners must install individual meters or heat cost allocators where technically viable and cost-effective, so each home pays for its own use (Real Decreto 736/2020). (boe.es)
  • Piped LPG (gas por canalización) also has official regulated sale prices, published regularly in the BOE; the latest resolution is of 8 September 2026. (boe.es)
Official source: boe.es · Checked 2026-09-30

🪜 Step by step

  1. Know what heats your homeDistrict heating from a network, oil or LPG from a tank, or bottled gas. The rules differ for each.
  2. Check the rules for SpainSee below who supervises heat and fuel suppliers and what they must tell you about prices.
  3. Complain in writing firstWrite to the heat or fuel supplier with your bill and what you want changed. Keep a copy.
  4. Escalate to the right bodyIf that does not help, go to the body named below.

📇 Who to contact

OCU - Organización de Consumidores y UsuariosIndependent advice for consumersFor advice, template letters and a second opinion🔗 www.ocu.org

❓ Questions

Can I leave district heating?

That depends on the network and the rules in Spain. Contracts are often long; check the notice terms.

Are heating oil prices regulated?

Usually not; you compare offers. Where there is an official price or cap, it is shown on this page.

Who checks the safety of LPG tanks and bottles?

The supplier and the installer have safety duties. If you smell gas, leave at once and call the emergency number from outside.

📎 Sources

Checked: 2026-09-30

🧭 Is this still correct?

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