«A new blow also for Sardinian companies: in one year
electricity and gas bills up to 70% more expensive.
Increases that even exceed 40 thousand euros a year."

Confartigianato Sardegna is sounding the alarm, with President Giacomo Meloni stating: "Small businesses cannot continue to pay the highest price for energy crises. We need stability, clear rules, and concrete action."

Confartigianato notes that «on Sardinian company balance sheets
The surge in electricity and gas prices is having unprecedented effects. From plastics processing to metal treatment, from wood-furniture to other manufacturing activities, the "high energy prices" on Sardinian production continue to take different forms depending on the
production processes, consumption and supply conditions".

According to updated data from the CEnPI Confartigianato Consortium, Italian micro and small businesses with electricity consumption of less than 2,000 MWh pay 22.1% more for energy than the EU-27 average, resulting in a national additional cost of €4.601 billion. In Sardinia, the energy burden reaches €124 million.

A comparison between October 2025 and October 2026 highlights significant price increases: electricity increases between 50.89% and 53.72% for various production sectors, while gas increases of up to 70.61% in metalworking. And annual projections confirm higher costs amounting to tens of thousands of euros in some activities.

"When energy costs rise," Meloni emphasizes, "companies face a difficult choice: either directly sustain the increases, reducing their margins, or pass them on to final prices, with the risk of losing customers and market share. In many sectors, especially food and personal services, the possibility
increasing the price lists is limited by the spending capacity of the
families and competition. A significant portion of the increased costs thus ends up being borne by businesses, squeezing their profitability."
According to Confartigianato, Sardinia also suffers from a structural condition of insularity that makes the issue of competitiveness even more delicate. "We cannot ask our businesses to compete with
"National and European markets without guaranteeing fair and sustainable energy conditions," adds the president of Confartigianato Sardegna, "the energy transition must represent an opportunity for everyone, not become an additional burden on the shoulders of small businesses."

For this reason, while there is anticipation for the effect that the "Bill Decree" approved yesterday evening by the Council could have
of Ministers and which should come into force next January, Confartigianato calls on institutions to implement an energy strategy capable of ensuring sustainable costs and competitive conditions . Because, Meloni concludes, "without accessible energy, profitability, investment, employment, and regional development are at risk."

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