ROME. “The method of calculating energy bills must be rewritten,” “we are doing it in these hours”. This was said this morning by the Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, interviewed on Radio too, on Rai Radio1. On energy bills, the minister explained, “we need to mitigate the increase in the quarter, which exists all over the world, and 80% depends on the increase in gas. Then there is a more structural intervention to be put in place. We need to think about how a bill is built, the calculation method must be rewritten. We are doing it in these hours ».
“The most important thing is to accelerate the installation of renewables, so we can get rid of the cost of gas as quickly as possible”. And again: “We estimate that the Simplification Decree will take the days necessary to authorize a renewable energy plant from 1200 days to about 1/5 (240 days, ed.)”.
The minister also replied to a question on nuclear power, a topic he touched on in recent days: “Today we could not do anything about nuclear power, because we have a referendum that says no to old technologies, and the new ones aren’t there yet” . However, his positive opinion on that type of energy production remains: «I haven’t changed my mind. I said that today there are 4 countries that are studying alternative energy sources, the 4th generation reactors. I said these sources are not mature, that we will probably understand in the next decade if they are convenient and safe. If this were to be verified, it would be important to understand if they can be used ».