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What is Gradual Protection?
This is the service envisaged by the regulatory authority for energy, networks and the environment (ARERA) and dedicated to small businesses (number of employees between 10 and 50 and/or annual turnover between 2 and 10 million euros) owners of withdrawal points in the low voltage (in the bill: BT) and micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover not exceeding 2 million euros) owning at least one withdrawal point with contractually committed power exceeding 15 kW which as at 1 January 2021 had not yet chosen a supply in the Free Market. Don't know your home market? Check the top of your bill, you will find the words "Free Market" or "Graduated Protection Service".
What is the Free Market?
In Italy, as in the rest of the countries of the European Union, every consumer can freely decide from which seller and under what conditions to purchase electricity and natural gas for their needs. Whoever exercises this right enters the free market, where it is the customer who decides which seller or type of contract to choose and when to change it, choosing the offer he considers most interesting and convenient. The free market has been in force since 1 July 2007, according to the provisions of the Bersani Decree (legislative decree 79 of 1999).
The price refers only to the energy component (excluding VAT and taxes) and is blocked for the first 12 months. This price includes network losses which are applied as defined, published and updated by ARERA. The price refers to the marketing and sales fee (CCV Luce) which, for the first 12 months of supply, will be equal to € 120/POD/year (VAT and taxes excluded), from payable on a monthly basis.