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European and Spanish regulations set ambitious milestones to combat climate change, highlighting as a key aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy dependency on third countries to promote the use of renewable energies. Spain has a significant energy dependency on external sources. Thus, it is essential to establish a roadmap that guarantees energy conversion in our country. In addition, the generation and supply of electricity brings together a small number of companies that practically control the market, operating under oligopoly conditions for decades. In this context, options should be presented to respond to the current situation, promoting the consumption of clean energy to citizens because it has a positive impact on the quality of life and well-being of society. Under this scenario, in this paper, we propose to renewable energy cooperatives, traditionally used on the European map but emerging in our country, to actively participate in the electricity sector, offering an opportunity for change to energy consumers, with the values of these organizations in which social cohesion prevails, promotes democratic and transparent participation, improves the use of clean energy with responsible consumption in order to contribute to alleviating a social, economic and environmental problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]