With the sharp drop in the wholesale prices of energy products, the reference price of electricity for the typical family under protection in the second quarter of 2023 is reduced by 55.3%. This was announced by Arera, specifying that the general system charges are reactivated for all electricity customers, including domestic users. From 1 April 2023, the reference price of electricity for the typical customer will be 23.75 euro cents per kilowatt hour, including taxes.
Implementing the provisions of the government in the decree approved on 28 March, Arera intervened by confirming the electricity and gas social bonuses for families with an Isee level of up to 15,000 euros. For large families, with at least 4 dependent children, the ISEE level rises from 20,000 to 30,000 euros. Arera recalls that the energy social bonuses in support of families “are disbursed directly in the bill to all entitled families” and that the ISEE “is valid for the calendar year and it is therefore important to resubmit the Single Substitute Declaration (DSU ) to get certified for 2023″. By implementing the provisions of the government in the decree approved on 28 March, Arera has canceled the general system charges also for the next quarter for all gas customers, while they are reactivated for all electricity customers, including domestic users. Together with the enhancement of the social bonuses, these are interventions that go hand in hand with the confirmation of the 5% VAT reduction on heat management, district heating and gas. Again for gas, explains Arera, the negative Ug2 tariff component, introduced in April last year by the Authority and applied to consumption up to 5,000 smc (standard cubic meters ) a year. A special measure that made it possible for families and small users to counteract the peak in gas prices”.
For the electricity bill, spending for the typical family in the rolling year (between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023) it will be approximately €1,267, +33.7% compared to the equivalent 12 months of the previous year (1 July 2021- 30 June 2022). This is indicated by Arera, explaining that the growth in wholesale prices in the last year and their continued high levels (albeit decreasing) is still reflected in the overall expenditure for the electricity bill. The typical family has average electricity consumption of 2,700 kWh per year and a committed power of 3 kW, specifies the Authority.
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