These are the most disputed points of the Fifth Energy Bill
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himfifth energy tale. The controversial system of incentives intended for photovoltaics potentially from 1 July this year, seems to have weaknesses that have long been contested by both associations representative of the sector and from the political world. But what are the "flaws" of the fifth energy account?
We are talking first of all about the cut in investments for the PV, compared to the previous incentive systems, not least the Fourth energy account. But among the moles there would also be the abolition of the bonuses for the replacement of the covers in Eternit and registration in the register for small impinated. And here are the 5 most discussed points.
1. Incentives cut
According to what emerges from the draft of the decree, the Fifth energy account will make available 100 million euros per semester, from now until 2014, for a total of 500 million euros. A figure much lower than the 6 billion provided for by the previous system, and which made the professionals and trade unions nervous, worried about the loss of jobs related to photovoltaics.
Startup times
Another sore point. The entry into force of the fifth energy account should take place upon reaching the 6 billion euro mark according to the data provided by theAuthority for Electricity and Gas. The new account will apply after 30 days from the resolution, but in any case not before 1 July 2012. At that point, as we have repeatedly emphasized, the Fourth energy account will no longer be valid. But that's not all. The timing provides that the application rules of the GSE for registration in the new registers must be published in the following 30 days, followed by a further 10 days for the full operation of the call. According to Qualenergia, only in the hypothesis in which the 6 billion were reached by the end of May, on 1 July the rules of the fifth Conto Energia would become operative, by 10 August the call would be opened and the publication of the rankings would take place by 8 November .
Registration in the register of small plants
Not just the greats. Even small plants will have to register for the appropriate Register, excluding those with power below 12 kW. And whoever requests the registration will be obliged to pay € 5 for each kW power of the plant that you want to register. And that's not all. As the associations have repeatedly pointed out, these figures will not be returned even if they do not fall into the rankings. Furthermore, after 20 days from the opening, which lasts 60 days, the Energy Services Operator will make these rankings public and those who come back have the obligation to build the system within one year of publication. Furthermore, the introduction of de facto registers required the definition of priority criteria to determine the ranking of incentivized plants. These are solutions that they had in the past benefited from awards on the tariff but that with the fifth energy account would be a sort of participation "requirement". These include the construction of the system on buildings with an energy class equal to or greater than D and the replacement of asbestos roofing or in contaminated sites or exhausted landfills.
Addio bonus by rumuvere l'eternit
Referring back to the previous point, it was noted that the bonus linked to the replacement of asbestos roofing has been abolished, falling within the so-called priority criteria. "There are also obvious incomprehensible distortions of detail such as the fact that the reward system has not been confirmed for those who, by installing photovoltaics on roofs, reclaim them from asbestos which for decades continues to be a silent and increasingly dangerous killer for the environment and health "said the Senator of the Democratic Party Francesco Ferrante, "a measure that has made it possible in recent years to reclaim approximately 12 million square meters of roofs, which were covered with asbestos and which now host 1100 megawatts of clean electricity “.
Tariffs cut
Compared to the fourth energy account, the average cut will be 50% approximately, calculated with respect to the new tariffs envisaged for self-consumption, which do not take into account the energy sales component. According to Qualenergia, paradoxically, the plants to undergo the smallest cut (34%) will be precisely those of small size that are unlikely to find a place in the registers and that may not even have the sufficient requisites to be able to apply for the incentive. At the opposite extreme we find the large plants whose cuts exceed 65%.
Francesca Mancuso
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