Electricity and gas bills return to pre-Covid levels, but in 2020 the typical Italian family will still benefit from overall savings of around 207 euros per year compared to 2019. This is certified by the Arera in the usual bulletin on the prices of the energy, which it forecasts in the fourth and final quarter, with the recovery of economic activities and consumption, a rebound for the electricity bill of +15,6% and for the gas bill of +11,4%, the latter also linked to the usual seasonality with the relative growth in demand. These data mark the first real trend reversal with respect to the lockdown phase and the one immediately following it: in the second quarter -18,3% for electricity and -13,5% for gas), in the third quarter for gas -6,7 .3,3% and only a slight increase for electricity (+XNUMX%).
In detail, according to Arera, electricity expenditure in 2020 for the typical family will be around 485 euros, with a change of -13,2% compared to 2019, corresponding to a saving of around 74 euros/year. During the same period, the cost of the typical family for the gas bill will be around 975 euros, with a variation of -12% compared to the 12 months of the previous year, corresponding to a saving of approximately 133 euro/year. After the collapse in prices recorded in the wholesale energy markets in the most acute phase of the Covid emergency, the recovery in energy consumption, which confirms the restart of the economy in Italy and in Europe, has therefore led to a gradual rise in prices. The overall effect is particularly marked in the natural gas and CO2 markets and has consequently also been reflected in the electricity market.
“The energy system – commented the President of AreraStefano Besseghini – is gradually resuming the positions it had before the Covid emergency. With the recovery of production activities and the consequent increase in energy demand, the foreseeable rise in prices is taking place throughout Europe. The general picture will also be influenced, in the coming months, by the choices that will accompany the Recovery Fund, in particular for the support of future renewable sources, which today would fall on the bill".
