San Marino. 10 tips from the AASS to save energy: “We have protected your bill, but the energy crisis is upon us”
“Dear fellow citizen, we have protected your bill, but the energy crisis is upon us. The months ahead are crucial. Just one kilowatt saved will be critical to our economy.”
This is the incipit of the message that the Autonomous State Company for Public Services sent to its customers via email this morning.
The document first of all launches an appeal to citizenship: “Consume as little energy as possible must be the common goal for the good of the Republic and our future, everyone’s intervention is essential. We count on responsibility personal of each of us”.
The second part contains 10 practical tips for reducing consumption:
- reduce the period when the heating is switched on, keeping the temperature no higher than 19°C
- avoid obstacles in front of and above the radiators
- prefer the shower to the bath and take shorter and less hot showers
- equip the heating system with a programmable thermostat and install thermostatic valves
- reduce heat loss from windows by closing blinds at night and placing heavy curtains or draft excluders
- disconnect electronic devices in standby from the power sockets
- turn off the lights in rooms you are not using
- use washing machines and dishwashers only with full loads
- defrost the refrigerator regularly and do not place it near heat sources
- consume energy preferably at night and on weekends
- Virtuous suggestions for responsible San Marino citizens
The initiative raised on Facebook the bitter comment of the councilor of Rf Andrew Saffron:
“What terrible? Gas at over 1€/MC when AASS sustains overall costs for gas well below €0.8/m3: therefore the people of San Marino act as ATMs for AASS.
Electricity fund flow at variable cost market, generating an absurd phenomenon that we have described: those with lower levels of consumption suffer increases almost 4 times higher than those with higher consumption.
“But the fault – continues Zafferani – does not lie with Aass, which tries to have a positive balance sheet, and this is controlled. The fault lies with those who made these increases possible and with those who, still today, do not remedy them: that is, the Government.
But at least that Aass doesn’t make fun of us, I think it’s the minimum”.