Italy: Energy Law

Italy's renewable energy sector faces a critical transformation as new regulations address virtual grid saturation through the Open Season model, fundamentally altering how connection capacity is allocated and impacting M&A transaction valuations. The shift from sequential application processing to competitive authorization-based allocation introduces unprecedented uncertainty for developers and investors navigating grid access rights.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling clarifying whether the Bolkestein Directive applies to small hydroelectric plants that generate electricity. This decision addresses the critical question of how EU internal market rules interact with national concession regimes for exploiting natural water resources. The judgment has significant implications for the regulatory framework governing renewable energy production and the award of water diversion concessions across Member Sta

La Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea ha stabilito che la Direttiva Bolkestein non si applica agli impianti di piccole derivazioni idroelettriche, poiché la produzione di energia elettrica costituisce un'attività di produzione di beni e non una prestazione di servizi. Questa sentenza chiarisce il quadro normativo applicabile alle concessioni di derivazione d'acqua e segna un importante cambio di rotta rispetto a precedenti interpretazioni dell'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Merc

Last 23 December, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security reported in the Official Gazette the publication, on its institutional website, of the Director's Decree of 10 December 2024, ‘Approval of the operating rules of the decree of 19 June 2024', the so-called FER 2.

Lo scorso 10 dicembre la Camera dei Deputati ha approvato in via definitiva il disegno di legge di conversione Decreto-Legge 17 ottobre 2024 n. 153, recante "Disposizioni urgenti per la tutela ambientale del Paese.

On 10 December, the law Law Decree No. 153 of 17 October 2024, providing ‘Urgent provisions for the environmental protection of the country, the streamlining of environmental assessment and authorization procedures, the promotion of the circular economy.

Most countries in the world have pledged to achieve "net zero" gas emissions by 2050, and many have taken a number of steps to accelerate the transition to clean energy and reduce emissions.

With the 2022 Italian Budget Law, published in the Italian Official Gazette on 30 December 2021, several measures were introduced to promote the competitiveness of the national production system and concerning, among other things...

Law Decree no. 17/2022, published in the Official Gazette on 1 March 2022, introduces urgent measures for the containment of electricity and natural gas costs, the development of renewable energies, and the relaunch of industrial policies.