Heating down 1 degree, 1 hr from October amid energy crisis

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 1 - Italians will be asked to lower their central heating by one degree and turn it off for an hour more every day starting in October to help cope with the energy crisis, Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said Thursday.
    In outlying the energy saving plan, Cingolani ruled out returning to distance learning to save energy.
    Italians are facing a huge energy squeeze amid spiralling power prices due to the Ukraine war and Russian 'gas blackmail'.
    (ANSA).