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The social bonus for electricity and natural gas: implementation status for 2017 (Il bonus sociale elettrico e gas: stato di attuazione per l’anno 2017)

Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente

2018

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This study by the Italian Energy Regulator describes the status of implementation of the Energy Bonus in Italy, which exists both for electricity and gas vulnerable customers.Read more

A new measure of households’ energy poverty (Una nuova misura della povertà energetica delle famiglie)

Faiella, I. , Lavecchia, L. and Borgarello, M.

2017

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We calculate the demand for heating at the household level by integrating the technological data on the heating needs of different types of buildings with the information available in Istat’s Household Budget Survey. This new dataset is used to estimate a measure of energy poverty (EP) that is...Read more

Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency (Fuel Poverty ed Efficienza Energetica)

Federesco, Federconsumatori, Unione Nazionale Consumatori, AiCARR

2017

Italy

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This publication describes the concept of energy poverty, including its main causes and impacts. In addition, it looks at the main policies and measures relevant for this topic in Europe and Italy.Read more

National energy strategy (Strategia energetica nazionale)

Italian Government (Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry for the Environment)

2017

Italy

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Energy prices and costs

Insulation

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Vulnerability

The new National Energy Strategy, published on november 2017, dedicates a specific paragraph to the topic of Energy Poverty, confirming that the Italian Government is committed to:

adopt an official definition and a national indicator on energy poverty; perform a thorough review of the...Read more

The liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: a policy proposal (La liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico - Una proposta per superare la maggior tutela)

Stagnaro, C. et al.

2017

Italy

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Energy prices and costs

Liberalisation

Italian electricity consumers have been free to choose their supplier since 2007, but about 66 percent are still supplied under the so-called maggior tutela, a regulated regime. Italy’s Annual Competition Law states that regulated prices will be phased out by July 1st, 2019. This paper performs...Read more

Energy Poverty in Italy (La povertà energetica in Italia)

Faiella, I. and Lavecchia, L.

2014

Italy

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Italian

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Energy prices and costs

Low income

Despite the existence of two targeted national programmes ("Bonus gas" and "Bonus energia") in Italy there is no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which...Read more

For coordinated European measures to prevent and combat energy poverty

European Economic and Social Committee

2013

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On 12 February 2013, the European Economic and Social Committee, acting under Rule 29(2) of its Rules of Procedure, decided to draw up an own-initiative opinion on For coordinated European measures to prevent and combat energy poverty (own-initiative opinion).Read more

Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC Text with EEA relevance

European Parliament and Council

2012

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This document is an important European legislative document concerning energy efficiency.Read more

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Energy poverty in the context of liberalisation and the economic crisis’ (exploratory opinion)

European Economic and Social Committee

2010

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The prices of electricity, gas and other fuels such as coal are still rising, and this trend looks set to continue in the coming years, which means that, unless swift and effective action is taken, the number of vulnerable energy consumers could also increase markedly. The purpose of this...Read more