Government allocates 3 billion for high utility bills

ROME (ITALPRESS) – The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the Dl bills. As Premier Giorgia Meloni explained in a video, “today the government allocated 3 billion to
cope with high utility bills. We are talking about 1.6 billion for
families and 1.4 billion for businesses. With this
intervention, families with an Isee income up to 25,000 euros,
thus the vast majority, will be able to count in the next
quarter on a support of about 200 euros if they apply for it.
request. This is a contribution that will rise to over 500 euros for those who
already qualify for the social bonus, so households with an
Isee up to 9,530 euros. In addition, we have extended by two years
the obligation for vulnerable people to switch to the free market.”
In addition, “we will finally have clear bills thanks
to the obligation of transparency that we impose on operators. In addition to a
certain energy price, the state has decided that it will waive
VAT and will allocate the excess VAT to reduce the
bills. We have also constructed a mechanism that will
will allow us to use according to the future development of prices
of energy also additional 3.5 billion from the Social Climate Fund.” Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti explained at a press conference that the “decree law is
consists of two parts: a contingent one, on the situation of
exceptional tension in energy prices and therefore on the
bills, and one of structural, more systemic interventions.
The decree provides for the extension up to 25,000 euros of Isee of the
social bonus, which will apply to the bills of the next
quarter in the hope that energy and gas prices will
reduce. It is currently conditional on Isee, so those who are not
equipped with Isee will have to somehow acquire it. This
contribution of 200 euros will be received by everyone from 0 to 25 thousand
euros of Isee. The resources are taken from the Cassa servizi
environmental energy services, avoiding the need for more
indebtedness.”
(ITALPRESS).
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