The cost of raw materials, i.e. gas, is decreasing, yet bills are increasing, and quite a bit. Let’s find out why and the users most affected.
Raw materials down and bills up: but why does this happen? Why if gas costs less do the bill prices continue to increase, for a forecast of +179.00 Euros per year for the typical Italian family? Well, the cause is to be found in the tax portion of the bills. And the effects can already be felt in the month of January, both for customers who moved to the free market and for those who remained in the protected regime.
Arera has confirmed the increases for the month of January – ImmezCla.it
This was also confirmed by Arera, the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment, which published the tables with the new prices on its institutional website. And what you can notice is that the cost of gas dropped from 36.30 Euros per MWh in December to 31.19 Euros per MWh in January, together with a modest decrease in transport costs. But then why the increase?
Well, if on the one hand gas and distribution cost less, on the other VAT and system charges, i.e. the value of the tax component, cost more. In fact, only the restoration of normal VAT rates increased the price – calculated per typical customer – from 97.79 Euro cents per cubic meter to 104.56 Euro cents.
Increases in the bill: which ones, how many and at whose expense
As stated by the UNC – National Consumers Union, the average price increase for Italian families during the year will be 179.00 Euros. Marco Vignola, head of the Union’s energy sector, explained the reasons as follows: “Despite the collapse in the cost of gas in the wholesale markets, due to the Government’s disastrous decision to increase VAT and system, the price of gas rises by 6.9%”.
We are now awaiting cost data for the month of February, which will be published in the first days of March – ImmezCla.it
And he then continued by placing the emphasis on the comparison with January 2021, which highlights a truly significant increase, not wrongly defined as “astronomical”: i.e. +48%. And even customers remaining in the protected market will suffer increases in their billsi.e. taxpayers defined as “vulnerable” because they are in disadvantaged economic conditions, such as recipients of the Social Bonus, those over 75 and also occupants of emergency housing facilities due to disasters as well as disabled people.
In short, there were quite a few who predicted it and in fact the cutting of discounts for energy costs has proved to be particularly counterproductive for the pockets of Italian families. We are now awaiting the data for the month of February which Arera will publish in the first days of March. Hoping it doesn’t rain in the wet.
2024-02-08 21:30:25
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