With the new Decree-Law No. 181, which was published on 9 December and came into force the following day, the government adopted a measure that intervenes across the board in the energy sector, providing for measures with three different purposes: support for energy-intensive companies; promotion and development of renewable sources; and national energy security and decarbonisation.
Below are some of the most significant innovations.
1. Article 1 of the Energy Decree intervenes in support of energy-intensive companies: in the case of several competing applications for the concession of public areas for the construction of plants for the production of electricity from renewable sources, projects aimed at satisfying the energy needs of entities registered in the list of energy-intensive companies established by the Cassa per i servizi energetici e ambientali (CSEA – Energy and Environmental Services Fund) will be preferred. These projects must be carried out directly by the energy-intensive enterprises, even through aggregation, or by third parties with which the enterprises themselves sign forward supply contracts for renewable energy, for a total power output of at least double the one being returned.
