(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 09 - In the first quarter of 2022, an increase in the cost of electricity for the typical family equal to + 55% for the electricity bill was registered in the protection services, "despite the government's extraordinary interventions" and + 41.8% for gas compared to the previous quarter.
This was stated by the President of Arera, Stefano Besseghini, in a hearing with the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Consumer Protection, underlining that these increases are "even more significant if evaluated compared to the levels of the corresponding quarter last year". reference price for the typical customer "went from 20.06 euro cents per kWh" in the first quarter of 2021 "to 46.03 euro cents per kWh"
in the first quarter of 2022 and, for natural gas, "from 70.66 euro cents per cubic meter to 137.32 euro cents".
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