Bills, taking increases for electricity and gas – The Republic

the MILAN Taking the increases in the prices of the end of the year for the light and gas bills for the next three months, on the market that is to be protected, the families and the Vat will pay 0.9% more for their electricity, while the supply of methane, the increase is more substantial, equal to 4.7 percent.

The increases annaunciati yesterday (which add up to the increase of the gas that had already occurred in September), reduce the savings accumulated in the previous quarters. So in the last year, the expenditure for electricity and gas on the part of the family has remained virtually unchanged. Considering the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 march 2017 (when it will end the quarter for which they have been just announced the prices), the expenditure for the electricity to the load of the family type will be around 498 euro, a decrease of 1.5% compared to a year earlier, with a saving tip 8 euro. While for the gas (by comparing the same periods), the total cost will be equal to 1.022 euro, with a decrease of 6.5% and a savings of 71 euro.

due To the fault of France. what are due to the increases? On the bills of the light, they begin to feel the effects of what is next on the electricity market in europe. A couple of months, France has stopped more than a third of its nuclear power plants (21 out of 58) controls the stretture that protect the noccio of the reactors. France has started to import energy from neighbouring countries, including Italy, driving up the prices

For the gas, the increases are linked to the growth of the component ‘raw material’, that is, the increase in the price of gas expected in the wholesale markets in the next quarter, also due to the increased demand of the winter months”, as stated in the press release of the Authority for electricity and gas, the body responsible for fixing prices every three months.

Consumers in the attack. Negative comment of the associations of the consumers and could not be otherwise. The national consumers Union has calculated the increases by taking into consideration only the 2017, for a family it means to pay 4,5 euro more than for the light, and 48 euros for the gas. The Codacons asking the government to lower the tax burden of the bills: only for the gas – calculated the Codacons – the weight of the taxes reached 53.5% in the consumption class, intermediate (525-5.254 cubic metres), and even comes to 71,9% in the class higher (over 5.254 cubic metres, for the more’ central heating systems), against an Eu average, respectively, 39.5% and 45.1%.

Get the free market. It is well to remember that from the first of January 2018, this system of calculation of the tariffs will be retiring. Because all consumers will be obliged to leave the protected market and go to the free market. In practice, choosing a manager according to the offers that are most convenient. Exactly how it works already for telephony.

The transitional regime. In anticipation of this step, the regulatory Authority for energy has thought of an offer so to speak transient. In January, part of the discount offer “Similar Protection” to the families and the small businesses still in a regime of greater protection. How does it work? You can choose the new transitory mechanism set up by the Authority of the Energy that allows you to join, only through the dedicated website, to an offer of the free market, but with a contractual structure, in truth, quite complicated, differentiated only in price, equal to the greater protection granted to the “bonus” one-off” that the different actors have proposed.

there Are about 30 suppliers admitted to Similar Protection, which offer a discount on annual average for domestic customers of around 50 euros (for a possible reduction of about 10% of the annual expenditure gross of taxes, of the family type). The average discount for non-home instead is around 80 euro.

Condos, postponement to June. In the field of energy, another the news that affects families comes from the Government. The Council of ministers has ordered the postponement to 30 June 2017 of the term previously fixed to the 31st of December – by which in the condos, you need to install temperature control systems and heat metering, subject to verification that this installation to determine cost efficiency and energy savings. Satisfaction on the part of Confedilizia that a few days ago had launched an appeal to report that “in many buildings it was not possible to comply with what is imposed by law because of the delay with which it was approved the decree that changed the rules applicable, and of the impossibility of material, for enterprises, to meet the many demands”. With the resulting risk of application of penalties – from 500 to 2,500 euro for each real estate unit in respect of the owners of the house.