Fifth Energy Bill: the Government is open to changes

    Fifth Energy Bill: the Government is open to changes

    After the State-Regions Conference, the Executive seems more inclined to modify some hot points of the draft of the decree

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    Sul fifth energy tale, something is finally moving. The changes requests from the Regions, discussed yesterday during the meeting of the Unified Conference, will be partially accepted by the Government.





    The Executive would be evaluating the possibility of raising the annual ceiling for incentives to be allocated to photovoltaics up to 759 million euros, a step forward compared to the 500 million initially envisaged. Of course, they are very far from the 7 billion requested by many parties. Another change should concern the registration in the register of plants with a power up to 100 kW, and with an annual cost of less than 50 million: this category could be entitled to incentives without registration. Furthermore, the tariffs for plants below 20 kW could be high.

    It is also possible to postpone the entry into force of the fifth energy tale, initially scheduled for 1 July. More likely to start the October 1, 2012. The news could, the conditional is a must, reintroduce the prize 'Made in Europe'and the replacement of asbestos roofing with photovoltaic panels. It will also aim to simplify bureaucracy through self-certification.

    The last modification should concern the systems built on buildings and public areas, which thanks to an exemption would allow them to continue to use the incentives of the Fourth Energy Account if they entered into operation by 31 December of this year.

    Il IFI Committee which has fought for the changes for a long time, has welcomed the presence in the new decree of Made in Europe Award, requested almost unanimously by the sector associations: "The Government has shown openness and willingness to listen to a healthy and competitive sector, but which in the last two years has had to deal with aggressive competition, mostly from China, which has with real dumping practices - he declared Alessandro Cremonese, President of the IFI Committee - Having included in the Fifth Energy Account the bonus for plants that use Made in Europe components allows us to re-establish acceptable levels of competitiveness in the internal market and to offer a further stimulus for our industries to do more and better in terms of investment in innovation ".



    Cremonesi concludes: "We expect that in the next few hours we will arrive at the final definition of a text that has thefull support of the Regions, Provinces and others Local societies. Uncertainty and expectation do not favor the necessary stability loudly demanded by all operators in the sector ".

    Francesco Ferrante, responsible for the Pd of policies relating to climate changes and energy is not too optimistic: “The Regions seem to have acknowledged the Government's unwillingness to change what Europe also considers wrong: the registers. And therefore unfortunately the new decrees instead of favoring their development will still be an obstacle for the renewable. The changes requested by the Regions could at least avoid some of the problems, and therefore the requests that for the Regions are non-negotiable aspects appear to be particularly acceptable “.



    “Fundamental then - he concludes Ferrante - that the fifth energy account does not enter into force before 1 October 2012, and that the expenditure ceiling is increased by 749 million per year ".

    A few glimmer of light pierces the dense darkness of the fifth energy tale?

    Francesca Mancuso

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