Gas Italia, what Cingolani’s plan says

The Ministry of Ecological Transition has published the Plan with measures “to reduce the risks associated with a potential total interruption of” gas “flows from Russia during the coming winter”. Read also In detail, “the measures, which in part have already begun, concern in particular: the maximization of electricity production, in the thermoelectric sector, with fuels other than gas, as well as the acceleration of renewable energies in the electricity sector; containment measures in the heating sector, partly anticipated as regards public buildings by article 19-quater of decree-law no.17 of 1 March 2022; a set of behavioral measures in the efficient use of energy, which integrate the national policy on energy efficiency and which in this case also have the objective of helping citizens and businesses to reduce the costs of their energy bills, without any significant effect on the service modalities “. These behavioral measures “will be promoted through a specific institutional information campaign; they will be, it is reiterated, voluntary and will be integrated where necessary by tools to support the choice of efficient behavior”. Also foreseen “the voluntary containment of consumption in the industrial sector, on which the open a comparison with the production categories in order to exploit all the opportunities with a low impact on production and in any case safeguarding the strategic sectors, as per the EU Regulation. gas (1 August 2022 – 31 March 2023) for the ‘maximization of thermoelectric production with fuels other than gas’, ‘containment related to winter heating’ and ‘behavioral’ (‘at zero cost’ and ‘with initial investment’) “leads to a reduction in consumption consistent with the 15% of the EU Regulation, therefore equal to at least 8.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas “, states the Plan. “The government’s goal is to have the first floating regasification plant in operation as soon as possible, by the first months of 2023, and subsequently and in any case by 2024, also the second plant.” This – it is emphasized – is it is essential above all to be able to face the winter of 2023-2024, considering that it is very likely that the storage will be fully used in the winter season 2022-2023 and therefore it will be necessary to adequately replenish the reserves “.