The Environment and Productive Activities Committees of the Chamber have given the green light to the bill converting the bill decree. The law is expected in Montecitorio next Monday and should release 5,5 billion euros for the stop to system charges and an extension of the social bonus
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8 billion euros of which 5,5 for contain the expensive bills through the stop to system charges for domestic users for the second quarter and the enhancement of the social bonus. The remaining 2,5 are aimed at supporting production chains that are particularly in difficulty. In addition, liberalization for renewables and an increase in national gas production are expected to cope with the general energy crisis. Ok from the Environment and Productive Activities Committees of the Chamber.
The provision being approved is part of the amendments to 'Legislative Decree 17/2022: Urgent measures to contain the costs of electricity and natural gas, for the development of renewable energy and for the relaunch of industrial policies' and aims to on the one hand to support families, on the other hand the companies most in difficulty.
The measures for domestic users
5,5 billion euros for the cancellation of system charges for the second quarter, or those costs established by the Arera (Electricity and Gas Authority) that are the same for each supplier. In particular, the final cost of this quota is given by a fixed and a variable part with respect to the consumption of electricity and gas of each user.
The money provided will also be used for broaden the social bonus audience, the details of which will be discussed in the Chamber.
Measures for businesses
2,5 billion euros instead to companies that are suffering the most due to this energy crisis: in particular the GSE (Energy Services Manager) will purchase energy from renewable plants with withdrawal and sale contracts of at least three years, then allocating it to subsidized prices with priority to energy-intensive industrial customers, small and medium-sized enterprises and customers located in Sicily and Sardinia.
As stated in the text of the amendment, called 'Energy release', all this has the aim of
[...] guarantee full integration and medium-term remuneration investments in renewable sources in the electricity market, as well as to transfer the benefits resulting from the aforementioned integration to consumers participating in the electricity market
The expensive bills for families and businesses that - we always remember - were evident even before the war in Ukraine - with the measures already adopted by the Government (5,3 billion in 2021 and 14,7 billion for the first half of 2022), should be reduce in the first half.
According to government estimates, this reduction, as reported by the Minister of Economy Daniele Franco inintroduction to the Economic and Financial Document (Def), should be of at least a quarter compared to a scenario without government intervention.
THEexamination at Montecitorio the further measure is scheduled for next Monday 11 April.
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Sources: Ansa / Chamber of Deputies
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