comercializador de último recurso
Published 4 November 2026, 00:38
comercializador de último recurso, CUR — "supplier of last resort"
A company obliged to sell electricity or gas at a regulated tariff to anyone who has not switched to the free market or has been left without a supplier, for example because their previous supplier went out of business. For electricity on the mainland it is SU Eletricidade; the islands have their own companies. The CUR price is set by ERSE.
Where you come across it. an electricity bill, moving into a home where the contract is still in the previous occupant's name, a supplier leaving the market.
The name "last resort" sounds alarming, but there is nothing wrong with it: it is an ordinary supplier with an ordinary contract and a price known in advance.
Official website: erse.pt/atividade/regulacao/tarifas-e-precos-eletricidade