The Council of Ministers approved the Bollette Decree. Found the square, after a week of work and the premier’s stop to the first draft considered “not satisfactory”. Three billion, “without debt” said the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti, for support measures to businesses and families for the next three months and you are not as borne.
“Today the government has allocated 3 billion euros to face the dear bills. We are talking about 1.6 billion euros for families and 1.4 billion for businesses. We also go to companies, in particular we cut the system charges for small and medium -sized enterprises, thus ensure a reduction in the next bills that is around 20%”, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on social media
The main measure includes a 200 euro bonus for families with an ISEE up to 25 thousand euros (which must be requested). Contribution that, for those with an ISEE up to 9530 euros, add to the current one. In this case, therefore, it will be reached for 500 euros. Thus the audience of the beneficiaries, of the bonus is extended, bringing the ISEE threshold from the current 9,530 euros to 25 thousand euros. This means that about 8 million Italian families will be able to access state aid. For families, the government estimates a saving of 300 euros per year on the electric bill and 200 euros on that of the gas.
Aids are expected for a total of 1.4 billion euros. Confirmed the zeroing of the ASOS component of system charges for non -domestic customers with a power greater than 16.5 kW and the advance of 600 million euros from the ETS auctions (the CO₂ emissions shares). “In addition to a certain energy price, the state has decided that it will give up VAT and allocate the excess of VAT to reduce bills. We have also built a mechanism that will allow us to use energy prices and 500 million euros of the social fund for the climate, on the basis of the future performance of energy prices, “explained the premier.
The transition to the free market for customers and vulnerable micro -enterprises has also been postponed. Meanwhile, the latest data from Arera confirm that the transition to the free market so far has brought up to 200 euros in the protected and 300 in the gradual protections. Flop therefore of the free market, the savings announced with the end of the protection system was not there
The approved measures today mobilize a total of 3 billion, without debt. “Resources come from the Energy and Environmental Services Cassa, which avoids resorting to greater debt and deficit”, reassured the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti.
Green light, therefore, after the stop at the beginning of the week, to aid for families and businesses. These are measures valid for three months. Opposition and consumers protest on this. The government replied explaining that it confided in a reduction in the cost of energy in the coming months, with geopolitical stabilization in Ukraine.
