The gas bill for vulnerable users in the protection service regulated by Arera rises in January, around 2.36 million. The reference price is 126.63 euro cents per cubic meter, an increase of 1.1% on December. The medium bill, in the event of constant prices, thus increases by 16 euros per year for the new typical user which consumes 1,100 cubic meters of gas, compared to December, at 1,394 euros, consumers say. By adding the light bill, the total account reaches 2,237 euros, calculates the Codacons by warning that the situation “could worsen in the coming weeks since the energy prices on international markets are going up”. In the monthly update, the adjustment authority for energy networks and the environment explains that in January the wholesale quotations have risen compared to those of December. The price of the raw material alone was 49.87 euros in Megawattora.
Marco Vignolavice -president of the National Consumer Union, observes that that of January “is a less high rise than expected, given the speculations that occurred in the wholesale markets, starting with the TTF of Amsterdam”. In comparison with the pre-crisis times of January 2021 «The price is today 78.7%higher; Compared to the peak of January 2022 it is 8%lower, while compared to January 2024, when the Meloni government had already removed the VAT discount at 5%, it is now 21.1%higher “. Assoutenti notes that “weakest customers who fall into vulnerability are undergoing the tensions of the wholesale prices of the gas”. The President of the Association, Gabriele Mellusohe asks that the government intervene “to ensure in the protected market prices to the less expensive users of the current ones, and to promote the passage of vulnerables to the gradual protections in the electricity sector”.