(Finance) – Starting from the end of 2021, with the post-pandemic economic recovery, the demand for electricity has risen dramatically, in the face of an offer that is struggling to keep up. In a short time, a new record was reached in the cost of raw materials: the single national price for light even reached € 362.73 / MWh, also thanks to the difficult situation caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine.
In this scenario – according to what emerges from aanalysis of Facile.it – choosing the free market can lead to savings. Looking at the last 4 years, whoever has carefully chosen a electricity and gas supplier in the free market has, in fact, spent up to € 1,337 less (-18%) compared to those who are still under the protection regime.
Estimates and savings – explains the comparator – have been calculated taking into consideration one family with natural gas consumption equal to 1,400 smc resident in Milan And, for electricity, consumption equal to 2,700 kWh with a committed power of 3 kW. To simulate savings, the best electricity and gas offers with a fixed price for 12 months available on Facile.it on January 18-19-20-21-22 were examined and compared with the rates of the protected market for the same period.
Specifically, according to the simulations of Facile.it, looking at the best free market rates available online from January 2018 to March 2022, a typical family that at the beginning of the year chose a rate with fixed price for 12 months he spent, between electricity and gas, 5,908 euros, while those who remained in the protected market always paid on average, a good 7,246 euros.
In percentage terms, the higher savings were achieved on electricity bills. The family in the free market has paid, in the 4 years, 1,884 euros, that is to say the 26% less compared to that in the protected (2,534 euros). If you look at the gas bill in the free marketon the other hand, the cost was 4,025 euros, on 15% less compared to that of the protection regime (4,712 euros).
“A considerable saving that could increase in the coming months – explain the comparison site experts -. From 1 April the tariffs of the protected market will be updated and a new increase cannot be excluded; while those who are in the free market with a fixed price, he will not see changes until the expiry of his offer “.
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