The Draghi government is trying to run for cover after the announcement by the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani of increases in the bills of customers in the protected market (an estimated + 40% for electricity and + 31% for gas) , which would start on October 1st.
In fact, a measure is being studied which will aim to reduce the 9 billion impact of the planned increases by a third.
In these hours the technicians of the Ministry of Economy and Finance are working to identify the coverage of the decree law: a part (equal to about 750 million euros) should come from the CO2 auctions which, already in July, contributed to partially sterilize the price increases.
The most substantial part, however, should be recovered by the Mef on the resources advanced by the reduced drafts of the anti-crisis measures prepared by the executive to face the pandemic (read bonus). It is not yet known how much the allocation will be, which could amount to 3-3.5 billion euros.
The "buffer" measure could be approved on Thursday by the Council of Ministers and will provide for the "one-off" cut in system charges in the latest quarterly update, which accounted for 10.7% of the total expenditure for the supply of electricity (and 4.7% on gas).
Taxes (VAT and excise duties), on the other hand, were equal to 12.6% in the electricity bill, while they had a much greater impact on the disbursement for gas, where the regional surcharges must also be counted: 35.6% of the entire bill.
(Unioneonline / F)
