An explanatory memorandum and a package of amendments: these were brought to the Senate's eighth standing committee by Industry Councillor Emanuele Cani to present the Region's position on the bill on renewable energy.
The amendments were developed jointly by the Departments of Industry, Environmental Protection, and Urban Planning, under the coordination of the Regional President.
In his speech, Cani highlighted the decree's significant critical issues: "The use of emergency decrees and the failure to first obtain agreement from the Unified Conference are perplexing. This choice appears to be motivated by the intent to circumvent this procedure," he told the Commission, adding that "such an approach shows little respect for the role of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces in a matter such as energy production and distribution, which involves both concurrent jurisdiction, as set forth in Article 117 of the Constitution, and, for regions with special statutes, primary jurisdictions, including that of the Sardinia Region in matters of land management and urban planning."
A practice which, the Industry Councillor further observed, "also seriously undermines the principle of loyal cooperation, repeatedly cited by the Constitutional Court as an essential principle in relations between the State and local authorities."
In terms of competences, the report highlights how the state's identification of suitable areas represents a restriction of regional powers in matters of land management and energy, in violation of Article 117 of the Constitution and the prerogatives of the Regions with special statutes.
The Region has presented a comprehensive series of amendments aimed at strengthening the planning role of the Regions, particularly those with special statutes; limiting the identification of suitable areas to compromised or degraded areas; introducing greater protections for valuable agricultural areas and historic rural landscapes; ensuring effective protection of UNESCO sites and their buffer zones; providing more balanced regulation of agrivoltaics and the use of water reservoirs; and allowing Regions that have already achieved their installed capacity targets to further adjust their territorial choices.
(Unioneonline)