Brussels avoids a written response to Meloni and grants Italy a €6,5 billion mini-flexibility measure on energy, but only for green investments.
Adapting our electrical systems to the new energy needs of our homes used to be a costly and demanding operation. Today, it's easier and more affordable than you might think. Thanks to technology and new regulations, the leap is…
The government plans to allocate €10 billion over 10 years to address the housing crisis. The excise tax cut has been extended for another 21 days, but the gasoline tax has been reduced to 5 cents per liter. Updates on evictions
Joint telecommunications and energy offers have been halted. Even for operators who fully comply with the regulations. But no effective measures have been taken to prevent phone calls from fake numbers that turn out to be a trap.
In its spring forecasts, Confindustria's research center lowers its growth estimates for Italy, considering the impact of the conflict in Iran, three scenarios, and the possibility of a recession. The impact on energy bills from the war in…
Arera is introducing a special €115 discount on bills for vulnerable families and, starting December 2026, the ability to switch electricity suppliers within 24 hours. Here are the details on the beneficiaries, procedures, and timeframes of the new...
Confcommercio has raised the alarm over energy prices: with tensions in the Middle East, electricity bills could rise by up to 13% and gas by 43%, impacting businesses, restaurants, and hotels.
While politicians debate possible changes to the Bollette decree and the impact of the US-Iran war on energy, Italy intends to propose to the EU "to suspend the ETS system at this time of risk of price spikes." This is how much the war effect weighs.
The crisis in the Middle East is driving up oil and gas prices, with immediate repercussions on utility bills and fuel. Rising energy costs are pushing inflation higher, and the ECB may decide to maintain or raise interest rates...
The Bollette decree strengthens Neodecortech's integrated energy strategy.
The Bollette decree reduces costs for families and businesses, but compresses utility margins with cuts to gas prices, an increase in IRAP (regional production tax), and CO₂ cost management.
The measure, according to a statement from Palazzo Chigi, will generate savings of €5 billion. For vulnerable families, the subsidy will increase to €315 per year. €1 billion in aid for Cyclone Harry has also been approved.
The approval is expected during the next Council of Ministers. But analysts are on the offensive: many uncertainties remain regarding the promised reductions in final tariffs and the risks of curbing renewables. And there are serious concerns about the EU's approval of a measure that...
ARERA has updated the ISEE threshold for utility bill discounts: the limit increases from €9.530 to €9.796 (€20 for large households). Discounts on electricity, gas, water, and waste are automatically included in the bill and vary by service.
Starting January 1, 2026, complaints about incorrect bills and double charges for electricity and gas will be easier, with clear deadlines, automatic compensation, and more accessible call centers. But for consumer associations, that's not enough.
Air conditioning in summer and heating in winter: heat pump technology is making great strides. But doing without gas isn't always a good idea. In Italy, taxes are at odds, as are climate zones. In the South...
On Sunday, October 26th, clocks will be moved back one hour. People will sleep longer, but the dispute between those who want to abolish the change and those who defend the system will reignite. According to Terna, daylight saving time has saved 90 million...
From October 15th, in much of the North and in some areas of Central Italy, the use of the boiler up to 14 hours a day is permitted, but it is also important to manage consumption to avoid high bills.
The world fears an energy crisis: Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would jeopardize global oil and gas trade, with serious economic repercussions. Here's why
The Senate has given the final green light to the bill decree, already approved by the Chamber on April 16. The measure is now law
The contribution will be automatically paid to those who already receive the social bonus and will be available upon request for those with an ISEE below 25 thousand euros. Here are the details
The Council of Ministers approves the bill decree: 3 billion euros to contain the high cost of energy. The social bonus is extended up to 25 thousand euros of ISEE. Also approved is the bill on sustainable nuclear power
Elettricità Futura proposes concrete measures, such as the contractualization of renewable capacity and the renewal of plants, to stabilize prices and protect vulnerable consumers
The Arera Report highlights a serious problem of energy poverty in Italy. Despite the provision of bonuses for gas and electricity, the situation remains critical and requires more effective structural solutions
During a monitoring carried out on offers on the free market, the Antitrust found critical issues relating to various cost items and environmental claims
The approximately 4,5 million users who are under protection still have time to evaluate whether it is better to switch to the gradual protection service or opt for an offer on the free market
The monthly economic bulletin issued by the Frankfurt institute chaired by Lagarde. How much wars weigh on growth, the objective of a timely return of inflation to 2% and the alarm on vulnerable companies: "The highest number in Italy and Germany"
The outcome of the auctions of the future service with gradual protections regarding electricity has been announced: 7 lots each for Enel and Hera, 4 for Edison, 3 for Illumia. While A2A and Iren are assigned 2 lots and one…
Citizens with a low ISEE will be able to access various bonuses and benefits in 2024 in the areas of work, family, children, healthcare, bills and school. Here's what they are and who can get them
2024 promises to be a year full of increases, with sectors such as telephony, motorways and gas ready to put the wallets of Italian families to the test
The separation of the integrated water service responds to a need for new investments. 2024 will be the year of truth.
In the rolling year, household spending on gas fell by 17,7%
In the Energy decree approved on Monday by the Council of Ministers there is no extension of the end of the protected electricity and gas market. Pichetto Fratin promises smooth passage methods
The coup in Niger, among the main producers of uranium, could have repercussions on the price lists and the price of the raw material. If the nuclear price list were to rise, Italy will have to dig into its wallet
The increase is due to the increase in wholesale prices - Arera announces the increase in social bonuses and the arrival of an extraordinary contribution of 300 million
A CGIA study shows how over 2 million families are in difficult conditions. The hope in the benefits of the budget law
Among the salient points of the text approved in the Council of Ministers also the repentance for violations on tax receipts and the extra contribution for the growing light with the number of children - Towards a new Council of Ministers on Thursday with the update of the…
An 80 euro petrol bonus within the "Dedicated to You" social card, the extension of the 5% VAT cut on gas and the bill bonus. Here are the main measures of the Energy decree which will arrive in CDM on Monday.
With the next Energy Decree, the government plans to postpone the end of the protected market for the supply of electricity by six months. 9 million families affected by the extension. The difficulties of the transition from the protected market to the…
Support is on the table to stem expensive bills and a petrol bonus for low incomes. The Superbonus is also at the center of attention. The resource node remains: the parties are asking for 40 billion but there are 8,5.
The Authority for Energy, Water and Waste has released the updated bills for the typical family in August 2023 consumption protection. +2,3% compared to the month of July. Gas price at €33,21/MWh. Spend in the rolling year at -12,1%
A decisive and sharp rise in prices could occur again in the autumn: here's what we know about the new "sting" to come
The Energy, Water and Waste Authority has extended the suspension of bill payments and payment notices for electricity, gas, water for the areas affected by the events of 1 May 2023 and subsequent ones. When payments resume, expected…
In the first quarter of 2023, the bill had fallen by 19,5% and in the second by 55% - "Possible rise in gas prices in the summer" warns the Arera
After trust in the government, the text passes to the Chamber. Now the provision is expected in the Senate to be approved before May 29. From greater social bonuses for electricity and gas, to concessions for large families, to new…
After 3 months of reductions, the gas bill on the protected market is growing again. L'Arera: "With the heating off, the increase will be less perceived"
After the peaks reached in 2022, wholesale prices continue to fall in the new year. In March, the value of gas was €46,58/MWh.
Faced with a new fluctuation in company bills, it is possible to play in advance with utility management. Pallotta, Co Owner of Fbc Italia: "Prices could go back up, here's how to defend yourself"
While gas prices continue to fall, the government is working on the next bill decree. And a report by Intesa Sanpaolo explains why the emergency cannot be considered over
The Government is preparing a new decree to be approved in CDM next week. Without an extension of the current measures or the introduction of new subsidies, the cost of bills could soar
The continued decline in methane futures on the Amsterdam market is also starting to show itself on gas bills. But the stop to discounts (March 31) will make them rise again
After January, wholesale prices continue to fall in February as well. Gas value at €56,87/MWh
ARERA communicated the data for January. A significant reduction compared to December 2022 but which does not compensate for last year's levels
The member countries of the EU before the new directive on a primary good at the center of environmental battles. The fight against microplastics and savings on a European scale
Generali also adheres to the guarantee made available by SACE for the deferment of bills up to 24 months to cover high energy costs.
2023 promises to be really difficult for Italians, forced to jump through hoops to cope with all the increases: from petrol to tolls, from transport to bills. Here is the new Arera update
2022 was a nightmare year for gas, with prices reaching all-time highs and then starting their downward spiral. Here's what happened and what they are and what they will be in 2023…
The Antitrust has corrected the provisions against electricity companies after the sentence of the Council of State - Here's what changes
The hands of the economy by Fabrizio Galimberti and Luca Paolazzi will answer the crucial questions of the economy of our times tomorrow on FIRSTonline
Gas expenditure for the typical household in the year between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022 is around 1.740 euros, +63,7% compared to the equivalent months of the previous year
After a thousand controversies, the Rai license fee remains in the electricity bill for now but the uncertainties are certainly not over. Here because
INTERVIEW WITH PIERO CANOVA, GM OF UNICOOP TIRRENO - Plan to reduce energy consumption, customer focus and fair prices on essential goods - This is how the Coops of Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria are facing the energy crisis
Revision of the Superbonus, extension of measures against high energy costs and installments of bills for businesses, reduction of taxation of fringe benefits: these are the main interventions of the Quater Aid Decree approved yesterday evening by the CDM
The Government defines the new macroeconomic framework with the Nadef and also approves the decree on ministries. But everything is silent on the Superbonus and the Rdc
Expensive energy is easing but the increase in ECB rates explodes the expensive home loan
The new decree against high bills and the budget law will be Meloni's first commitments as tomorrow she will meet Macron for the first time - What will happen to pensions, taxation and justice - Sigh of relief from the laity...
From 22 October in many Italian cities it will be possible to turn on the heating, but the nightmare of bills worries everyone. Here is Enea's vademecum for saving while safeguarding the environment
The new British finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, cancels almost all the tax measures promised on September 23rd. The Guardian: "Nothing remains of the Truss agenda". Pound recovers, gilt yields down
The first provision of the next government to counter the surge in electricity and gas could reach 25 billion: bonus, shield for defaulting and cuts on petrol
The Authority will set the new electricity price for the quarter today, which will change costs on bills from 1 October. Besseghini (Arera) warns: "Significant increases"
The novelty, designed to help families spread out expenses and better control consumption, will come into effect from October, but those interested will have to request it
The Government is studying the possibility of a new bill bonus to help families face the upcoming autumn, but finding financial coverage is not easy
The 17 billion euro provision should be approved this week in Parliament – The Aiuti Ter decree, which is worth another 13 billion, is also expected in the CDM
With Germany opening up to the European gas price cap, the last hurdle falls to the measure proposed by Draghi - von der Leyen: "We need a structural reform of the electricity market - The two interventions at the EU Council on 9 September
Other than a return to the splendor of the great empire. Great Britain is paying dearly for the unfortunate choice to leave the EU and now in the G20 only Russia has an economy that is worse than the British one
Basilicata resets the cost of the gas raw material for families in Basilicata using the compensations paid by the oil companies - Excluding companies
The strike against the high cost of living of workers in one of the most important ports in the United Kingdom which risks paralyzing freight transport for a week began on Sunday 21 August – The requests: contract renewal and salary increase…
Italy grew more than the European average in the second quarter - Russia prepares gas price hikes - Fed: tightening confirmed, but more relaxed - Goldman cuts estimates for China
And the sums attributed to workers for the payment of bills (electricity, gas and water) are also included for the first time in the scope of ancillary benefits
The government passes the Aiuti bis decree which contains, among other things, the advance of the revaluation of pensions, the cut of another point of the tax wedge below 35 thousand euros, the discount on the bill and the "save Ilva" rule
The provision should be approved in Parliament at the beginning of August - The second 200 euro bonus could be replaced by a temporary cut in VAT on food
The Aid decree is law and introduces new features on various topics: Superbonus 110%, basic income, 200 euro bonus, tax bills, Rome waste-to-energy plant and more
Above all, the strong increase in gas costs weighs heavily. Unem also calculates the increase in the oil bill, which rose by 77% to 35 billion
At the press conference, the Premier reassured: "The government is not taking risks and continues with the 5 Star" - Ok to the new measures to calm the increases in gas and energy prices expected for the third quarter.
3,5 billion allocated to sterilize the July increases for electricity and gas bills - Green light also for a solidarity contribution for companies that sell methane
The Public Accounts Observatory points out that the diffusion of LED lighting in Italian municipalities "gave lower results than expected" in terms of lower consumption
From 2025 more gas will arrive in Italy from Qatar: Eni enters the largest liquefied natural gas project in the world with a new joint venture
Among other things, the bill decree provides for the zeroing of system charges on electricity and gas for the second quarter of 2022 - VAT cut on gas confirmed
Via Nazionale underlines that cutting bills does not solve the real problem: energy dependence from abroad - The Eurozone risks 2 points of GDP "in non-extreme scenarios"
The summits in Versailles and Brussels will be decisive: a change to the rules on state aid is needed to allow for a limitation on the price of electricity and gas bills
According to the Assorimap Association, "just chasing after an emergency means suffocating the circular economy, decisive and structural reforms are needed, as in France"
“Yesterday I recalled what my mandate is,” Draghi said to defuse political tensions but keeping “the bar straight.” Here are all the measures approved by the Council of Ministers
On Energy Saving Day, Italy shows a reassuring face: consumers try to save on bills - Government decisions and the impacts of the PNRR
Smart working affects bills. How much is spent and what are the increases compared to last year? here's the answers
The association in the utility management sector (Assium) intends to restore credibility to the commodities market through an expert capable of putting customer needs at the center and not simply closing the contract
On the fraud superbonus for 2,3 billion, an amendment is coming soon. First steps for the privatization of Ita. Intervention on expensive bills.
The government is working on a measure to be approved next week – Superbonus: we are moving towards a stop at the limit of transfers to avoid blocking construction sites
As already envisaged for domestic customers and small businesses, Arera has eliminated the general system costs for the first quarter of this year, even for the largest companies
The new system arrives with 4 personal income tax rates, no IRAP for over 800 self-employed - For the first months of 2022, bills can be paid in installments, tax relief for income up to 35 euros - Here are all the…
The time for the approval of the budget law is lengthening, which should arrive between Christmas and New Year's - The government is therefore thinking of anticipating the money in another measure to mitigate the increases in electricity and gas prices
