Solar time returns: in the night between Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October, the hands of the clock will have to be moved back by one hour.
Like every year, the appointment arrives on the last weekend of October and serves to avoid what would otherwise turn into a boomerang. That is, you go back to normal time to avoid consuming more electricity since the sun rises later. Solar time will remain in effect until March 25, the day on which it will return to daylight saving time.
Considering that a kilowatt hour costs the average domestic customer about 18,63 euro cents before taxes, the estimated economic savings for the system relating to lower electricity consumption in the summer time period for 2017 is equal to 110 million EUR.
