The sting will be felt, even in Bergamo. The surge in gas tariffs (+ 11.4%) and electricity (+ 15.6%) for the fourth quarter of this year, that is, for the autumn and the beginning of winter, ignites the reruns of the associations of consumers.
“The usual autumn hikes. While acknowledging that there was a drop in tariffs in the months of the lockdown, now this sting will surely affect families. Considering the economic and social difficulties resulting from the epidemic, this is certainly not good news – underlines Mina Busi, president of Adiconsum -.
For a typical family this means spending on an annual basis, from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021, in the hypothesis of constant prices, 75 euros more for electricity and 100 euros more for gas. We believe that the tariff reform can no longer be postponed, as has been wished several times: it is a necessary solution to provide citizens with certainty of expenditure and costs and to safeguard the weakest sections of the population ».
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