"Prices never seen before" are on the way for Italians' electricity bills.
This was said by the director of the Arera Energy Division, Massimo Ricci,
in view of the update of the electricity price
for the protected market, which will be communicated in the afternoon by the Authority.
"Regardless of the percentage increase, it is a percentage that is applied to already very high prices and therefore we arrive at prices never seen before", explains Ricci, speaking at the Italian Energy Summit of the Sole 24 Ore, underlining how "the prices of the next unfortunately, they will remind us that we are still living in an emergency phase ".
ANSA agency
Bills: Nomisma's alarm, for light there is a risk of a 60% increase - Economy
In the next quarter, electricity bills could increase by around 60%, with a new high of the electricity price of 66.6.
Without government intervention there is a risk of a 100% surge.
Assoutenti: there is a risk of record expenditure of 1,232 euros (ANSA)