Day of offers on bills for the main Italian energy groups. Eni, after the cap on diesel and petrol prices, “offers a new contribution to Italian families as part of the Eni for Italy initiative, aimed at supporting citizens in dealing with high energy prices”. We can read it in a note from the Six-legged Dog, in which it is announced that the group will offer, starting from October 1st and for customers who sign up for the offer by October 24th through Plenitude, a 30% discount on electricity and gas fees compared to the main fixed price offer, with the price blocked for two years.
Eni, the estimated savings
A discount which, it should be noted, is worth around 100 euros per year on the gas contract and the same for the electricity contract, for a total of around 200 euros. As part of the offer, Eni will also keep the prices of the raw material unchanged, thus taking charge – specifies the note – of the recent increases in supply costs.
Even for those who are already customers
Eni Plenitude’s initiative to contain the prices of electricity and gas bills can be signed by both existing customers and new customers. For those who are already customers, it is explained, just make an offer change which is free from any Plenitude channel (store, call center, website, etc.).
Enel’s move on electricity
In the same hours the move of the main competitor also arrived. Enel launches the lowest offer on the national market among the primary operators. The group claims this in a note. For the average family (2 MWh per year) a discount of 200 euros per year compared to the wholesale price.
Enel’s “Digital Light” fixed price offer, lasting two years, with its 108 euros/MWh for the energy component is approximately 50% lower than the wholesale market price, even considering the offers launched today by competitors. The offer has been present on the Enel website since April 2026.
Compared to the wholesale price for the average Italian family (which consumes 2 MWh per year), it guarantees a discount of over 200 euros per year for the electricity component alone. The energy sold is certified by the Energy Services Manager (GSE) as coming from renewable sources.
A2A’s reply
A2A points out that since 2023 it has an offer for domestic consumers that allows you to fix the price of energy from renewable sources for 10 years. Furthermore, since March, a similar solution has also been offered to small and medium-sized businesses.
Arera, increases for the vulnerable
On bills, Arera instead announced that in the fourth quarter of 2026, the electricity bill for the approximately 3 million vulnerable customers served under Greater Protection will increase by 37.3% compared to the previous quarter. Which alarmed consumer associations.
Petrol and diesel falling, price cap widening
On the fuel front, prices accelerated their decline two days after the launch of Eni’s price cap. Meanwhile, at petrol stations on the motorway, petrol returns below the red line of 2.2 euros per liter and diesel below 2.4 in self-service mode. The reductions in two days are 7.6 cents for diesel and 7.4 for green. Meanwhile, the promotions continue to extend. Q8 Italia has accepted the government’s invitation and will apply a 30-day price cap from October 1st with a modular approach. The benefits for motorists will be “tangible”, he promises. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a note thanks both Kuwait and the group that controls the plants for an “important signal of attention to Italian families”. Even smaller distribution networks, such as Enercoop, and individual petrol stations are starting to join. While the IP systems participating are increasing, around 1,500. Regarding fuels, the plants involved in the promotions are around 5,300 out of 20 thousand, but when fully operational there could be many more. Eni, Ip and Q8 together account for almost half of the Italian distribution network. As discounts become more widespread, independent distributors are increasingly concerned about a competitive imbalance that risks becoming unsustainable.
Road haulage excluded, shutdown in Sicily from 16 October
The initiatives of Eni, Ip and Q8 are positively evaluated by Confindustria. For the secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, however, “intervening on extra profits” is the only way to have a “structural” reduction in fuel costs.
Among those excluded from the discounts are hauliers who obtain supplies on the extra-network wholesale market, such as independent fuel distributors and some production sectors. Pressure is thus increasing to extend regulated prices to this channel, as Assopetroli has proposed. Fai Conftrasporto fears “a new hoax” and Trasportounito denounces: “diesel fuel is discounted for everyone, but not for road haulage”. In recent days the Sicilian road hauliers’ committee has proclaimed a strike, with the vehicles stopped from 16 October.
Counterfeit diesel and mobile excise duties
The cost of fuel is not the only problem for motorists. An operation by the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the province of Rome seized over 26 thousand liters of counterfeit diesel as part of 68 checks on road distribution. Four tanks and four dispensing nozzles were sealed and fines were applied for nine fuel price violations.
The Minister of the Environment, Gilberto Pichetto, confirmed that on 6 October, when the current cut in excise duties expires, “there will still be aid”, but with the mechanism of mobile excise duties.