The government rules for switching on heating systems arrive. The Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani signed the decree that sets "the new time limits for the operation of gas-powered thermal air conditioning systems" .
In Sardinia there are three climatic zones within which the times and date of switching on of the heating systems vary: B, ( Basso Sulcis ) can do it for 7 hours a day from 8 December to 23 March, C ( Iglesiente, Campidano, Ogliastra, part of Nuorese, Baronia, Gallura, Sassarese ) for 9 hours from November 22 to March 23 and the D ( Oristanese, Barbagia, Marghine and Planargia ) for 11 hours a day from November 8 to April 7.
The government act provides for "fifteen days less, a reduction in temperature by one degree and an hour a day for heating" except for hospitals, kindergartens, swimming pools, saunas and some industrial and artisanal activities to which the Municipalities " have already granted exceptions to the temperature limits, as well as to buildings equipped with systems powered mainly by renewable energy ".
According to ENEA estimates, these three measures would save 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas . The high bill, which is affecting families and businesses, mobilizes the municipalities, with the mayors ready to ask the next government up to one billion euros in order not to default the administrative budgets.
Meanwhile , Eni's number one, Claudio Descalzi , reassures about stocks: gas is sufficient , unless there are technical accidents, such as a breakdown or breakdown of a plant, which concern supplier countries or particularly severe cold.
But in the meantime, for now, there is the Plan for the reduction of natural gas consumption envisaged by the Mite with this decree which postpones the switch-on date of the radiators by 8 days and anticipates the switch-off by 7 days .
Dates that vary according to the six climatic zones identified in Italy. So in Milan instead of October 15th the heating will start on the 22nd and will be turned off on April 7th instead of the 15th; in Rome, on the other hand, the heating scheduled from November 1st to April 15th will be from November 8th to April 7th. The temperature in the houses, which is set at 20 degrees by convention, will have to drop to 19 .
Enea (the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), which provided the ministry with the assessments for energy saving, will publish a vademecum with the essential indications for correctly setting the heating temperature that the condominium administrators will be able to make it available to condominiums
In the presence of "particularly severe climatic situations", warns the Mite, the Municipalities can authorize the ignition of gas-fired thermal plants even outside the periods indicated by the decree, as long as it is for a reduced daily duration ".
And the Municipalities are ready to ask the next government for 200 million to be included in the dl Aid quater, and then 800 million in the budget law which may also be valid for 2023 for the most critical situations of municipal budgets, explained the finance delegate. local ANCI, Alessandro Canelli announcing "a package of measures including technical-accounting to stop the decline in municipal revenues expected for 2023 and to cope with the continuing increase in energy costs".
(Unioneonline / EC)