The enhanced protection regime remains more favorable than the free market. This is what emerges from a study published today by Assoutenti and the Center for Consumer Education and Research (Crc), which aims to understand how offers have evolved a month after the end of the protected gas market. Fixed price quotes The investigation carried […]
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Gas bills, protected market today ends: What needs to be done?
From Wednesday, January 10, Italians will have to say goodbye to the protected market on bills, which covers approximately 5.5 million vulnerable families. It’s a significant change for which you need to be prepared and have all the necessary information to avoid unpleasant surprises. As Codacons explains, commercial calls from specialist call centers and operators […]
What changes with the end of the protected market for natural gas bills?
From Wednesday, January 10, Italians will have to say goodbye to the protected market on bills, which covers approximately 5.5 million vulnerable families. It’s a significant change for which you need to be prepared and have all the necessary information to avoid unpleasant surprises. As Codacons explains, commercial calls from specialist call centers and operators […]
Electricity bills: What is this story about the penalty for changing operators
There is nothing to be done, despite objections from consumer associations the government has not changed its mind about the penalties payable if you decide to change electricity supplier before the contract expires. Despite the transition to a free market, early withdrawal fees were approved, increasing the electricity bills of many Italian families even further. […]
End of protected market: Date for electricity postponed to July 1
The end of the protected energy market has been postponed. Arera actually decided to move the end date of the broader protection regime for electricity users from 1 April to 1 July, while for gas everything remained the same. This was announced by Arera president Stefano Besseghini at Tg3 Fuori Tg, explaining that the decision […]
Protected and free market comparison, comparison of invoices: new data available
The average price of energy in the free market in November was 44.33 euro cents per kilowatt-hour (kW/hour), while Arera’s estimate for the developed hedge market was 28.29 cents per kilowatt-hour. There is a 56.7 percent difference in the pockets of those who are not protected. The data emerges from the survey on electricity prices […]
Natural gas bills, here’s the current price for November: how much you’ll save
The Energy, Grids and Environmental Regulatory Authority (Arera) announced the updated price of gas bills for consumption in November 2023. The change concerns the price of the energy component for “non-market” customers who are still in the protected market. general charges and the tariff based on the cost of transport and measurement will remain unchanged”. […]
Power to the consumer? From the protected market to the free market, everything changes in the bills: What’s really worth it? The electricity and gas bill is changing, but what does a free market for energy and more conservation services mean, what are the differences and how is the transition happening? work? Guide to the latest news you need to know
The protected energy market is about to end, we are moving to the “free” market unless there are new, unlikely extensions. The service, which the Energy, Grid and Environmental Regulatory Authority (Arera) defines as “protected prices”, will end from 2024. There are two interest dates: January 10 for gas, April 1, 2024 for electricity. Political […]
Salvini, pressure on the accounts: the League insists on expanding the protected market
The League’s pressure continues, focusing on expanding the protected market for electricity and gas bills, after the approval of the Energy Decree by the Council of Ministers. After Matteo Salvini spoke of an “error” that needs to be remedied, the leader of the group in the Chamber of the Via Bellerio party, Riccardo Molinari, reiterates: […]
Protected market, Schlein makes a fool of himself in the calculations: he forgets that the PD voted for the stoppage
One more mess. This is the mark that can be placed on the new controversy launched by the Democratic Party, this time about the failure to expand the protected energy market. Yesterday, Democratic Party Secretary Elly Schlein reacted as follows to the decision taken by the Meloni government: «The Council of Ministers confirmed our fears, […]