(Finance) – The Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolanihe guaranteed that “by the beginning of winter we will be almost independent from supplies Russian and by next year the situation will be quite safe, with no major dependencies on Russia. Indeed, without any dependence on Russia. “Cingolani speaking to the EU Energy Council declared that the filling of the stock of gas of Italy has exceeded 70%: “we are going towards 71%, so I would say that we are fine”.
“On price Postal Code there Commission EU made a clear statement, they are aware that i prices they have become very high, so they are working and have confirmed it “, he added on the sidelines of the meeting, explaining that” with the numbers and rules established “at EU level,” we should save about 7% compared to the weighted average ” “annual for the last five years.” “When we made the gas differentiation plan by shifting the Russian 30 billion cubic meters to other suppliers, we have already foreseen a savings which is equal to or greater than this number. Our actions they are already compatible with this plan, so we are satisfied “, he stressed.
The minister then stated that Italy will not convert to any coal or oil gas systems with state aid. “We do not convert anything, our plan has already been done in May, we use ours coal-fired power plants still in operation a little longer than we had anticipated, so between 12 and 24 months regardless of the situation, but the environmental impact of this use is amply offset by the growth of renewable“, he has declared.
Meanwhile, from Brussels they made it known that regulation And directives they are part of “a binding legislative system. Therefore, if a Member State does not implement it, it faces infringement proceedings”. The clarification came from a senior EU official who replied to the statements of the government Hungarian which announced that it did not want to apply the gas demand reduction plan approved this morning in Brussels.
Finally, the price of the gas which in the afternoon in Amsterdam exceeded 214 euros per megawatt hour, with fears that Russia will leave supplies for Europe to a minimum. At the end of trading, the price then fell slightly below 200 euros (199.92 euros), with a jump of 13.19%. The increases today brought prices to the levels of the beginning of last March.