Electricity and gas bills, countdown to increases

Electricity and gas bills and incoming increases. The countdown is on for the increases that will weigh on the pockets of Italians starting from October. + 29.8% for electricity, to be exact, and + 14.4% for gas. Expected increases in the fourth quarter, but reduced thanks to the intervention of the government which, with an emergency decree, reduced the impact for 29 million families and 6 million micro-enterprises. Read also Arera, who in a press release explains how “the extraordinary dynamics of raw material prices towards historical highs – still in strong growth due to the recovery of the economies after the declines due to the pandemic and the difficulties in supply chains – and the high prices of CO2 emission permits, would have led to an increase of more than 45% of the electricity bill and of more than 30% of the gas “. The increase for the typical family, explains Arera, “which has an average electricity consumption of 2,700 kWh per year and a committed power of 3 kW; for gas consumption is 1,400 cubic meters per year, in fact it will be reduced to + 29.8% for the bill under protection electricity and + 14.4% for gas (thanks also to the reduction in VAT contained in the decree) “. WHY THE INCREASES? increase is mainly related to the rise of the com raw material, with an impact of + 41.5% on the price of the typical household (broken down into: + 41.1% due to the energy item Pe, + 0.4% linked to the dispatching item Pd), offset by the strong reduction / zeroing of general system charges, -11.7% between Asos and Arim, thus reaching the final + 29.8% for the typical family that does not receive discount bonuses. Overall regulated network tariffs (transmission, distribution and metering) remained unchanged. For natural gas, the trend is determined by an increase in the raw material component, based on forward prices for the next quarter, with an impact of + 30.3% on the final price of the typical household. Added to this is a slight increase in network tariffs (transmission, distribution and measurement) + 1.8%. Increases partially offset by the reduction / zeroing of general system charges, -3.7%, and by the decrease in VAT which weighs on -14%. This leads to + 14.4% for the typical protected user who does not receive the discount bonuses.