"The price dynamics of electricity and gas supplies are very different from those shown during the crisis that characterized the years 2022 and 2023. Between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, the average values of electricity and gas offers at fixed prices for the domestic market decreased by approximately 20%, in the wake of declining wholesale markets".
The Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, said this at question time in the Chamber.
"In the months of January and February 2024 - explained the minister -, the monthly average of the purchase price on the Italian electricity exchange (Pun) returned permanently below 100 euros per MWh, down by 14.1% on the average of December 2023 and by approximately 40% on that of January 2023. On the gas wholesale market side, the prices of the spot virtual trading point (PSV) have fallen steadily below 30 euros per MWh and, therefore, have fallen by approximately 10 times compared to the peak reached in 2022".
"The Budget Law for 2024 confirmed, for the first quarter of the year, the application of an extraordinary contribution to domestic customers holding a social electricity bonus. To this end, the expenditure of 200 million euros for the year 2024 was authorized The contribution amounts to 76.44 euros for families with an electricity bonus made up of 2 members; 102.83 euros for families made up of 3 to 4 units and 113.75 euros for families with more than 4 members".
"In the context of the 'Energy Decree' - concluded Pichetto -, a regulation has been introduced for the supply of electricity to the vulnerable in such a way as to ensure the accessibility of prices. The Government is also evaluating further structural measures for vulnerable subjects as part of the Strategy national for energy poverty and the Social Fund for the climate".
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