the EU Commission is working on two types of gas price caps
The game on the cost of gas monopolizes the debate in Europe. Gas that touches almost record peaks during the day. The price of the TTF continues to rise up to 175 euros per megawatt hour, marking an increase of almost 8%, before closing a share of 173.
While Gazprom announces in the morning that energy supplies to Rome, blocked for days in Austria, have restarted – immediately confirmed by Eni – news, the same arrives in the same hours, in plenary at the EU Parliament, theopening of the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen on the price cap at the cost of gas as a temporary solution and to be negotiated with suppliers.
There are two specific types of roof that we intend to apply: one is “a cap price on the gas used to generate electricity“and the other concerns”a limit on the energy exchanged in Europe as long as we work on a reform of the Ttf index “, the spokesman of the Commission said Eric Mamer note that in his speech the Von der Leyen “did not mention a price cap on gas imported from Russia”.
Later today the proposal of the President of the European Council, Carlo Michel from use extra profits to mitigate the consequences of the energy crisis. In the meantime, France reaches 100% of the storage needed for the winter.
Europe struggling to find an outline on the birth of a ad hoc emergency to cope with the boom in energy prices. Holland opposed. While it remains the German shield of 200 billion is in the sights. Eyes also on the new chapter in Pnrr for the RepowerUe piano aimed at the energy autonomy of the Union from Russia, after the green light of Ecofin. Solution that finds favor with Brussels and that Italy also likes: “It represents the challenge for the next few months” – says the Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
While the energy dossier is at the center of the agenda of the future Italian premier Giorgia Meloni at work in tandem with the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, Assoutenti’s forecasts for gas are bleak: a sting almost awaits us – they say – 3 thousand euros per year.