The government is to consider
"interventions" in Italian's electricity bills concerning
nuclear power, Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto
Pichetto Frattin said Monday.
Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has said Rome is to return
to nuclear power after a post-Chernobyl referendum abandoned it,
but only via small, private nuclear reactors operated by the
private sector with government help.
"There is no energy source that is not integrated into the
tariff in Italy, Pichettio told Italian TV.
"We intervene on all energy production, from thermal power
plants to wind power, photovoltaic, hydroelectric and
geothermal.
"When there is a tool for evaluating the cost of energy
production from nuclear, the State will evaluate how much to
integrate into the tariff, in the same way it is doing with
photovoltaic or wind power, to create the greatest possible
advantage for the country".
The minister also said that if gas prices don't fall from their
current high levels, "we will have to intervene".
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