Here are all the causes behind the increases for electricity and gas bills recorded during 2022

2022 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR IN WHICH LIGHT AND GAS BILLS HAD SCARY INCREASES. THE ENERGY CRISIS, ALREADY STARTED DURING 2021, HAS GROWN DURING 2022, LEADING THE PRICES OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS TO REACH RECORD HIGH. AN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN EXPENDITURE HAS BEEN RECORDED FOR ITALIAN HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES.

The electricity and gas bills they registered a substantial increase over the last few months and, more generally, from early 2022 . At the basis of this increase there are various factors which, in one way or another, have contributed to aggravating a situation which already in 2021 was starting to be particularly difficult for end customers, both households and businesses. What is causing this unprecedented increase in bills during 2022? Here are the factors that have contributed to causing these new increases.

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To weigh on the increase in costs of electricity and gas offers and, therefore, on the bills of Italians there is a unprecedented increase in the wholesale prices of energy raw materials . In particular, it is natural gas that has dragged the prices of the entire energy sector upwards also due to the fact that electricity, particularly in Italy, is produced using, in many cases, precisely natural gas as raw material.

The increase in wholesale electricity and gas prices started in the course of 2021 . After the drop recorded following the first lockdowns due to the pandemic, in fact, the wholesale prices of energy raw materials have begun to register a first significant increase during 2021. To reduce CO2 emissions, for example, the The EU has begun to tax the production of electricity using coal, prompting producers to resort to natural gas, with a consequent increase in the cost of the raw material.

The situation has become particularly complete during the last months of 2021 . With the onset of 2022 and the outbreak of war in Ukraine then the real thing started crisis in the energy sector . Indeed, within a few weeks, the all’ingrosso cost of natural gas (of which Russia was a major importer in Europe and Italy) registered new record . Furthermore, since last March, wholesale gas prices have been particularly unstable and towards June (when the first cuts to gas supplies from Russia began to arrive) the situation worsened further.

It was also the cost of electricity which continues to be closely related to that of natural gas . The chain effects of these events translated into an unprecedented increase in the cost of electricity and natural gas for end customers, both households and businesses. Also as a result of strong speculation by various operators in the wholesale energy sector, the cost of energy rapidly skyrocketed in 2022 with dramatic effects on the bills of Italian families and businesses.

L’ Europe , at the moment, failed to find a concrete remedy to the emergency . The agreement on the gas price ceiling has not yet been reached and the market has not undergone any real regulatory intervention aimed at countering the emergency. The Italian government, on the other hand, already intervened in 2021 against the energy crisis with various measures which, however, had a limited impact.

WHAT WERE THE GOVERNMENT'S INTERVENTIONS AGAINST THE EXPENSIVE BILLS

To counter the current energy emergency, the Draghi government intervened with various measures , as early as last summer. The immediate objective of the Executive was to lighten the effect of the increases as much as possible, reducing the increases due to the skyrocketing prices of energy raw materials. The Government's attempts have not yielded the desired results, leading only to a mitigation of a situation which, still today, is very difficult.

In recent months, the Government has intervened by allocating several billion euros (several times) for:

• reset the system charges of electricity and gas in the bill
• cut the gas VAT at 5%
• boost i Light and Gas Bonus with supplementary bonuses to complement the ordinary ones and by adjusting the ISEE ceiling upwards for access to the subsidy (now brought to 15 thousand euros)

These measures are only temporary and valid until the end of 2022 . It should also be noted that until April 2023 the blocking changes to contractual conditions by suppliers. This block protects users from possible unilateral price increases by suppliers who will not be able to change the conditions of the offers with contractual remodulations.

HOW TO CUT YOUR BILLS WITH THE BEST LIGHT AND GAS OFFERS

To counter the ongoing emergency, users have little room for manoeuvre. The cost of energy is skyrocketing and it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify the right solutions to reduce the cost of electricity and natural gas. In general, families have two ways to follow to make a clean cut in the amount of their bills.

The first goes through the reduction of consumption which can take place both by cutting energy waste and by focusing on the energy efficiency of your home. The easiest way to maximize savings is, however, the one linked to cutting the cost of energy . To achieve this goal you can rely on best offers of the Free Market .

Thanks to The SOStariffe.it comparator for rates light and gas in fact, identifying the most advantageous rate to lighten bills thanks to cutting the cost of energy becomes very easy. Just indicate one estimated annual consumption of energy to immediately check which are the best offers to activate to save.

Davide Raia – SOStariffe.it

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