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Bills: cala electricity increases gas. In the fourth quarter back down the cost of the bills of light for families and small consumers that have not chosen the free market, and still turn to the market to be protected: rat of about 20 million users. There has been an increase, even if only slightly, the bills for gas. It is important as it provides the regulatory Authority for Energy, stating that in 2016, the family type will be, between light and gas, a savings of 96 euro, compared to 2015. Saving mainly due to the gas (91 euro). Specifically, from the first of October, the cost of electricity’ will’ dell’1,1%, while that of the gas increases by 1.7%. For electricity, the expense for the family-type in the year sliding (i.e. between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016) will be of 499 euro, with a decrease of 1.1% compared to the equivalent 12-month of the previous year (1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015), corresponding to a saving of 5 euro. For the gas the expenditure of the family type in the same period will be about 1.033 euro, with a reduction of 8.1%, corresponding to a saving of 91 euro compared to the year sliding. The fall in the cost of bill electric – explain from the Authorities – and was determined mainly from the drop in component to cover the costs of supply on the wholesale markets, and in important ways from the reduction of the cost of dispatch (i.e. the costs incurred by the network Operator – Terna – for the maintenance of balance and into the safety of the electric system), also thanks to the first effects of the measures of the Authorities “to stop and pursue the possible anomalous of the past months held by the operators of the supply and demand in the wholesale markets of electricity”.

These measures – emphasizes the Authority of the Energy – might determine to be a part of sanctions for those who has put in place anomalous and “refunds in fee in compensation for consumers” and As to the recent rulings of the administrative courts on the price of your energy bills, these – precise, always to the regulatory Authority for Energy – have not had any effect on the prices just updated. “Today’s update does not take into account the possible effects arising from the various decisions of the administrative courts in regard to the updating of the III quarter of 2016, which remains a case by itself and that does not “propagate” their effect on fourth quarter or on the next 2017,” reads the note of’ Authority’. In short, with a next measure, as required of the regional administrative court of Lombardy, The regulatory Authority for Energy will be the mode which will adjust automatically any refunds to the users. In recent months, the administrative judges have first locked the rate increases of July and then have admitted, by imposing, however,’ the Authority’ of the Energy, in the expectation of an intervention on the merits scheduled for February, to create a fund for any refunds.