Energy, Arera: ‘Transition, even if accepted, risks extra costs, especially for weaker categories’

“The transition, even if accepted and shared, risks putting us in front of extra costs that could have a greater impact on the weakest categories. new objectives of the European Green Deal. If attention to the weakest categories is the sign of the maturity of a company, this takes on an even more significant value after the outcome of such an extraordinary economic phase, such as the one that Covid gives us, which exacerbated social differences “. This was stated by the president of the Arera, Stefano Besseghini in the course of his annual report to the Chamber on the state of services and on the activity carried out by the Authority. On this dual track of support for the ecological transition and attention to consumer protection, aimed at both the weakest categories and all the others (to enable them to benefit from advanced services at competitive prices), Besseghini emphasizes, ” The Authority’s action will be developed and will develop. Two tracks that are only apparently separate. An efficient development of the tools for ecological transition has an effect on the costs that consumers will have to bear and effective consumer protection will allow to minimize any negative repercussions “, he explains. The declination of this principle, in the case of the energy transition, underlines the president of Arera,” takes the form of the development of market tools that allow efficient development of the energy system, characterized by a prevalent renewable generation and distributed, while consumer protection takes the form of a ret market ail efficient and competitive, together with tools for vulnerable consumers “.