"We need to start thinking about 1 billion more for the municipalities between now and the end of the year: there is a risk of having to stop the trams, keep parts of the cities in the dark, completely turn off the lights on the monuments and ration the heating": this is the alarm , entrusted to Ansa, by
Alessandro Canelli, delegate to the local tax authorities of Anci and mayor of Novara.
The mayors, in fact, are very worried about the expensive bills and ask the government to allocate
another billion euros between now and the end of the year to allow them to move forward.
Canelli specified: "Tomorrow I will be in Rome to talk about this situation with the president Anci Antonio Decaro, we will see what answers we will receive from Palazzo Chigi".
The exponent Anci draws up a long list of alarming concerns ahead of winter.
"The situation is very difficult - warns Canelli - because
not all municipalities have the same level of criticality,
this depends on the procurement contracts, but compared to the historical expenditure of 1.6 billion euros so far the government has helped the sector with 820 million, disbursed in various tranches.
Only now the total cost is at least double.
The increases vary from 80% to 4 or 5 times more than in the past and therefore it is clear that another extraordinary government intervention will have to take place ".
Words full of concern were also those of the
mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala
: "Municipalities do not have the resources to help citizens, this is the sad reality. We too have a frightening bill. his part. I believe that at this stage it is necessary to give support and pump money, once it was done to increase consumption, today to make the system survive.
But it must come from the Government and, higher up, from Europe
".
From Tuscany, the governor Eugenio Giani
launches a cost estimate for hospitals.
"We of the 45 hospitals in Tuscany are going to predict, with all the variables that have yet to be calculated, an increase in energy costs at the end of the year of 200 million euros compared to 2021".
"There is no more time to waste -
warns the mayor of Venice and president of Coraggio Italia Luigi Brugnaro
- the government will take action immediately and, in any case, I am sure that the new government will act as soon as it is able to do so".
In the meantime, the Veneto regional council which decided, on the same day, to
allocate the proceeds paid by the owners of large hydroelectric derivations for the year 2021 to residential social and health services and to needy citizens, with Isee less than 20 thousand euros
.
The alarm is widespread:
for the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo,
the extent of the energy crisis that is looming over Turin "is
too high and if there is not a strong territorial cohesion and a constructive relationship with the government
, we will hardly be able to do it yourself ", for example" ensuring local public transport ".
The president of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Massimiliano Fedriga,
takes the opportunity to thank the support actions launched in its territory by Intesa Sanpaolo in favor of families, hoping that "other national entities can follow this example".
He criticizes the position of
Codacons
(the Coordination of associations for the defense of the environment and the rights of users and consumers): "
The energy emergency is certainly not resolved by cutting services to citizens
- explains the president Carlo Rienzi - for transport, public lighting and roads users pay municipal taxes and any disruption would wreak havoc and
pave the way for legal disputes and actions for damages against administrations
".
Position also defended by the National Consumers Union: "
Families and businesses are reduced to the pavement and resources must be concentrated on this priority
"