electricity down 19.5% in Italy. Benefits also expected in San Marino
After months dominated by uncertainty and seemingly endless increases, the price of electricity is falling again in Italy. The Arera updates the rates: for the first quarter of 2023 the light will decrease by 19.5%, for users of the protected market. Encouraging news for families already grappling with price hikes and membership. Benefits also expected in San Marino. This was confirmed by the secretary in charge of relations with AASS, Teodoro Lonferniniwhich speaks of “comforting” news and predicts that a drop in prices can also arrive more quickly on the Titan.
In fact, in San Marino, the electricity tariff is linked to theMarket trend Italian. It consists of a fixed fee, which will increase slightly from January, plus a part linked to prices across the border. In any case, Lonfernini calls for caution, given the‘unpredictability of the market.
Despite the favorable situation, the family-type Italy, according to the Authority’s sti, will still spend 1,374 euros from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 on electricity: +67% compared to the same period of the previous year. The range of beneficiaries eligible for social bonuses will thus be expanded. The associations they warn for the future. “It is more necessary than ever – he writes Federconsumatori Rimini – take appropriate measures”. He therefore asks to raise the threshold of the help with ISEE of at least 20,000 euros, free the market from speculation, offer a guarantee for the long installment of bills and a comparison table local to monitor prices.
Last but not least, the request to tax the maximum extra profits. Federconsumatori then speaks of possible “exorbitant increases” for the free market after a recent pronouncement by the Council of State on the clash between Antitrust and companies which goes, in part, in favor of the latter.