MILAN (ITALPRESS) – “With the new intervention on the bills, the saving reaches 5%. This means that the higher the bill, the higher the discount.” To say the Minister of the Environment, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, interviewed by the “Corriere della Sera”. “From January and for 18 months the average reduction will be for all of about 15 euros to the megawattora, it is all in proportion, but it is clear that the discount will be stronger for the enterprises”, says Pichetto that, regarding the fact that the large companies of the steel industry have just announced the stop of production for the unsustainable costs of gas and energy, he replied: “This decree is a first step. We follow carefully. Unfortunately we suffer the consequences of two wars.”.
“This – it assures – is a decree above all in favor of enterprises, there is no specific help for families, but it will have a calmer effect for all. This is a technical-contact operation that corrects the calculation system of the national single price of electricity that is deforming the final price.”.
For 18 months “the total cut of the electricity bill will be about 3 billion, which will be supported in part by those who benefit from it” and “the consumers at variable price will have a net benefit of the share that must go to the producers of the thermoelectric. This is a decree that the state does not cost anything because it is self-financing, but it is the result of a long confrontation with Europe”. To the question whether the government is thinking of new interventions, perhaps more directed to families, Pichetto responds as follows: “We follow the day-to-day situation, we will make evaluations also according to the deviation of Budget authorized by Europe. Of course, the best thing would be that this war ended.”.
Does Italy produce enough energy for its needs? “Italy consumes 315 terawattora, but produces 260, so unfortunately we still depend on others, France and Switzerland in particular. Our share of energy comes for 42% from renewables and for 42% from thermoelectric and for the rest from import. But in the coming years an explosion of electricity consumption is expected, just think that last summer Italy beat its absolute record of consumption: in 2040 an increase of energy needs of 155 terawattora is estimated”. For the minister therefore “it is necessary to go ahead on synergies with renewables: wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, it is necessary to do more, overcoming opposition and opposition. Without forgetting nuclear.”.
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