The Light and gas bills they change structure and become easier to read: from 1 July for energy suppliers it will in fact be obligatory issue invoices “Clear and understandable” for users. At the behest of the adjustment authority for energy networks and environment (Arera), the new bills must have the title page (i.e. the first page) the same for everyone, within which to insert a “Energy receipt», Which will have to contain all the details on the overall cost of the energy consumed, and a”offer box», Dedicated to the conditions of the contract signed by the customer.
The goal is to make bills easier to interpret Both for families and for businesses, simplifying the invoice also to avoid confusion in reading energy consumption: the same guidelines will in fact have to be applied by all operatorsalso to prevent the change of supplier from creating further inconvenience to customers. For families with ISEE until 25 thousand euroson the other hand, a contribution of 200 euro one -off.
Light and gas, how the new bill will be and what changes
But, in practice, how the new bill of light e gas? The changes introduced by the Arera provide for the introduction of some new sections, including:
- The unified frontispiece: this is the first facade of the bill, where it will be mandatory for the sellers to report the Total cost of the bill And all the essential information on the customer, such as the type of service, the supply contract and other data on the billing period and the payment methods.
- The “Energy receipt”: this new section must be included on the first page and must report all expenses which led to the overall cost of the bill (including obviously consumption) according to the scheme amount of energy x price energy. Specifically, it will be mandatory to distinguish between “consumption share” and “fixed fee”, with the addition of the “power share” in the case of electricity bills. In this way, both expenses and expenses will be highlighted actually depend on consumptionboth fixed and independent ones, which instead do not concern the volumes of energy consumed, but are linked to additional costs such as theVAT Or excise duties, but also the Rai fee and any extra services.
- The “offer box”: this box will instead contain all the essential elements ofOffer signed by the customer, including the identification code, which can also be used by users to check online that the contract conditions have been respected by the supplier.
- Other essential information elements: this is a last division in which information relating to Technical characteristics of the supply, any trace or historical information on consumption and the maximum power taken. In this box users will also be able to find data on the status of payments and on any installments.
How the bills are calculated and what are the expense items
The new bills of light and gas will therefore have a more intuitive and simplified standard structure, also to better understand all the expenditure items that are part of the invoice: but how are the costs of energy costs and, above all, how much depend on consumption?
In general, the total cost of the bills can be divided into five categories:
- Expenditure for energy matterwhich includes the costs strictly linked to the consumption of the user, which also depend on the hourly slopes of price stipulated by the customer with the operator at the time of the signature of the contract.
- Expenditure for the transport and management of the meterwhich refers to the costs incurred by the supplier to transport and distribute the energy to the user.
- Expenditure for system chargeswhich contains a series of general costs relating to the electrical system and which are paid by all customers of the electrical service.
- Taxeswhich contains both excise duties and VAT. In particular, excise duties depend on the amount of energy consumed by customers, while VAT applies to the total amount of the bill: at the moment, as regards domestic users, a 10%rate is applied.
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