Bill Decree, Meloni: "We displease electricity producers but we defend citizens"

"The high cost of energy is a structural problem, which requires concrete decisions and the courage to intervene on the mechanisms that fuel it, even when they affect strong interests. It is the path that this Government has chosen", states Meloni.

The three choices

"We have chosen to address one of the most difficult issues in the cost of energy: the mechanism that increases the price of electricity due to the cost of gas and weighs on the accounts of families and businesses. The decree intervenes on this point, with three precise choices. The first: it establishes a ceiling on the gas used to produce electricity. When the price of gas exceeds 58.9 euros per megawatt hour, the mechanism envisaged by the decree is triggered to prevent the increase from being transferred entirely to the price of electricity. The second: making the benefits reach the bills of energy produced at lower costs. The Arera will set even more stringent rules against those who deliberately withhold production capacity to raise prices. In the decree we set strict limits on the transfer of costs: those who are called upon to finance the mechanism cannot pass them on to bills beyond what is expressly permitted by the law and provides for a gradual exit", explains Meloni.

Meloni: "Important benefits but it takes time for the effects"

The Bills decree "acts on the wholesale price of energy and its effects will take time. We expect important benefits, but estimates tell us that companies that have a self-production quota and consume the most electricity will be able to have the most significant savings. Benefits that could increase, on the gas bill front, if we also add to this mechanism the cut foreseen by the decree of over 850 million euros on system charges", said Meloni.