(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 06 - In 10 years the average annual expenditure of Italians for electricity, gas, water and waste tariffs has risen overall by +68.7%, an increase in expenditure of 1,625 euros per family, with the prices of the electricity which, compared to 2012, recorded a record increase of +240%.
This was stated by Codacons, which carried out a study to understand how the expenditure of citizens for domestic utilities has changed in the last 10 years.
Based on official data, in 2012 the average electricity bill stood at 524 euros per family, while the gas bill was 1,277 euros per household.
- explains Codacons - In 2022, and due to the continuous increases in energy prices, the average electricity bill reached 1,322 euros, while a family spent 1,866 euros on gas.
In 10 years, spending on electricity has therefore increased by almost 800 euros (+798 euros) while that for gas by 589 euros, for a total of +1,387 euros per family.
Comparing the details of the tariffs, it turns out that those for electricity set a real record of +240%, going from 19.403 euro cents per kilowatt hour in the last quarter of 2012 to 66.01 euro cents in the same period of 2022. ( HANDLE).
