The Energy, Networks and Environment Authority (Arrera) is again asking for the funding of some measures currently covered through system fees incurred by users on electricity and gas bills to be transferred to general taxes. The appeal was launched a few days ago, during a hearing before the Chamber’s Committee on Production Activities X, by the head of the authority, Stefano Besegini, who drew attention to the risks of a new significant increase in prices for protection services in the region. The first quarter of 2022 “which will determine the forests similar to those encountered in the fourth quarter of 2021.”
The need to support renewable energy sources
It is therefore necessary for Arera to finally review the composition of the bill, with particular reference to the weight of the fees in the electricity sector which, according to estimates from the same authority, will generate a total requirement of nearly 10 billion euros for the next year. Only for the Asos component (the component that supports the development of renewable energy sources), only a billion less than the amount raised for 2021 (about 11 billion).
Interfering with social reward
What do you do next? For Arrera, the path is clear: A series of items that are currently covered by public fees must be transferred to public taxes, starting with social rewards for energy and the environment recognized for disadvantaged families. One of the measures of social policy, the authority emphasizes in its notes, the scope of which has grown significantly with the activation of automatic recognition of those who deserve a reward.
Support weight for energy consumers
Among the items that must be funded through the tax leverage, the authority also includes the cost of concessions for energy-intensive companies that weigh 1.6 billion euros a year on local and non-energy-intensive customers and which will decrease if fees for renewables are reduced.
Other items to be funded by general taxes
According to the authority, the cost of concessions for rail traction on the traditional network (RFI consumption of rail services on the high-speed network does not benefit from the special tariff system), which amounts to large amounts of about 400 million euros, and about 135 million euros, must also be transferred. Through specified elements of the Arim component, which are paid annually by CSEA to the state budget under the specified rules contained in the Budget Acts of 2005 and 2006.
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