For the less expert in energy things, the acronym PiTESAI says little. Means Plan for Sustainable Energy Transition of Eligible Areas. In Basilicata it is the umpteenth document opposed by the Municipalities of the Vulture valley for the exploration of hydrocarbons. No new research needs to be done here say eighteen administrations, associations and diocesan realities. They wrote to the Region because they really don't want to hear about new explorations. All the more reason in times of ecological transition and announced price increases for electricity and gas.
The Italian oil valley is once again at the center of discussions on the national energy future. The protest is incidental to thealarm on the increase in electricity and gas tariffs these days linked precisely to the activities and fluctuations in the price of oil. The front of the No Lucan has signed a document in which observations already presented in a previous letter are summarized. A development model which for better or for worse in a complicated region has produced employment, investments but also many environmental risks is called into question. The territory of Vulture Alto Bradano wants to stay out of new research and also appeals to the Ministry of Ecological Transition to have a different future. We need to listen to the territories, say the mayors, who precisely by virtue of the PNRR and the ecological transition plans want to safeguard the environment with the protection of health in first place.
They had already done so in a letter to the mayors of the areas affected by the exploration permits ''Palazzo San Gervasio'' and ''La Bicocca'. The national attention on energy issues can give strength to the protest. Can it lead to a change of pace? The Regional Councilor for the Environment Gianni Rosa, all in all, he has a purposeful position. He met the mayors but for some time he has been pursuing the goal of an Energy and Environment Experimental Center in his region. He cultivates the idea of a project extended to positive realities of the South. "It is a visionary and courageous project" he told in an interview with Firstonline "and we believe that the Center could represent a turning point in Basilicata policy in favor of businesses as well ” Basilicata is a candidate for the Environment and Energy Center. The time would be ripe to direct public expenditure and employment in alternative energy sectors. Indeed, precisely because of the contribution made by Basilicata to the Italian energy system with oil from the Val d'Agri, one can now think of a completely different tomorrow.
Cingolani in the PNRR predicted the birth of 9 advanced research facilities with 1,6 billion investment. The opposition of the mayors and of the territories indicated on the contrary as places of exploitation of fossil fuels would make Basilicata an outpost of research on renewable sources. If in the first seven months of the green energy strategy things have been set in motion, the next few months are an opportunity to gain trust from "anti" territories. The Minister's pragmatism, net of the objections from the Greens, suggest that this will happen.
