The government's proposed energy
saving plan is worth 607 euros per household a year, according
to a copy ANSA has obtained and which ranges from savings on
showers to those on washing machines.
A government heating squeeze amounts to savings of 178.63 on
annual bills, the plan said.
A further 428.75 euros comes from recommendations on savings
from the ecological transition ministry, the plan said.
The total saving, which may in some cases be equal to energy
hikes, thus cancelling them out, is some 607.58 euros.
The Ecological Transition Ministry on Tuesday published new
regulations aimed at saving energy in view of the possibility
that Russia could shut off gas supplies permanently.
The regulations foresee the maximum temperature of heating this
winter being cut by 1°C, to 17° for residential and industrial
buildings, with a 2° tolerance margin, and 19° for other
buildings.
Certain buildings, such as hospitals and care homes, are exempt.
The period which buildings are allowed to use heating has also
been cut by 15 days - they will be turned on eight days later
and turned off seven days earlier.
The ministry said the measures should save around 5.3 billion
cubic metres of gas.
Outgoing Premier Mario Draghi's government has moved on many
fronts to try to reduce Italy's reliance on Russian gas since
the invasion.
The administration has signed agreements with several countries
to boost alternative sources of energy and Algeria has replaced
Russia as Italy's biggest supplier of gas.
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