The Government is trying to increase both the supply of gas from other providers linked by pipelines (Algeria and Azerbaijan) and Italy’s ability to import liquefied natural gas from Qatar, Egypt and, in the longer term, the Republic of Congo and North America, by building new floating storage and regasification units, which are easier to make operational compared with land-based terminals.8 Moreover, some coal power plants could be reactivated, reversing the decision to close them all down by 2025.
In the longer term, this would also be accompanied by an increase in the number of renewable energy power plants.9 In addition, as early as the second half of 2021, the Government adopted measures to limit price growth by reducing excises and other measures specifically targeting vulnerable households (e.g.