Light and gas bills, in the last 4 months they have cost 777 euros per family: here are the tips to save money

It always depends on the type of contract entered into with the light and gas operator. If that contract incorporates a fixed or variable price, or if, as is in the vast majority of cases, that price is indexed to a price list, as can be the Italian PSV or the Dutch TTF. If the price on the price list then inevitably also rises the account for families for the salt bills. But There are also customers who use the lowest prices on the market, others instead that remain burned. What matters is still the price of the raw material, i.e. gas, reference commodity Because it is on its trend that electricity prices for families and businesses are generated.

How the market works

The temperatures also count a lot in winter. If civil question, that is, the heating of homes, is not as high as the gas rates go down. And the volume of the country's methane deposits also counts. The higher they are, the more safe the country and this consideration moves to the market-can, the daily onebut also on that Forward, which incorporates the expectations of operators with contracts at expiry even at 3-6 months.

What has happened in the last 4 months

So let's find out that in the last 4 months families have spent on average 777 euros, of which 280 for electricity and 497 euros for gas. Are the calculations of Facile.it elaborated for the Sole 24 hours on Monday. From October 2024 to January of this year, the increase in an increase in an increase in the seasonal bill of 5.9% on the same period of the previous yearwhen the amount had stopped at 724 euros. The GAS component weighs more (64%) on the overall expenditure And it is the one that recorded the greatest annual increase: 8.3% more, on average, in Italy, against the increase of 1.7% of the light bill.

What is the analysis champion

The analysis, records the Sole 24 hoursis based on the consumption declared by a sample of over 770 thousand users who have started a request for supply of gas and light through The online rates comparator Facile.it. The expenditure was calculated on the basis of average consumption 2024 (for the entire year: 2,271 kWh for electricity and 1,040 SMC for gas) and considering an indexed rate at a free price, in addition to the charges on the bill.

How to compare offers

To compare your offer with the others on the market it is necessary to understand how much we are paying the current supply, sEgnala The Comparator Facile.it. This information is contained in the « Detail bill », a document that collects all the characteristics of our offer; If you don't receive it, request your supplier. In this document, under the item « expenditure for energy matter », two components appear; a fixed fee, i.e. the amount that you will pay each month regardless of consumptionand a share linked to consumption, whose weight will therefore depend on how much electricity or gas will be used.

The values ​​to be taken into consideration

These are the values ​​to be considered to compare the supply with that proposed by other companies, paying attention to request the cost of the fixed fee in the offer and the one linked to consumption. For large families that consume a lot of energy, the advice is to pay attention to the cost of the share linked to consumption and prefer offers that have a lower price for this element; If, on the other hand, energy consumption is contained, for example in the case of a single or second house inhabited for limited periods, it is important to pay attention to the price of the fixed feewhich could have a significant impact on the total cost.

The social contribution

Precisely for this reason, for the possible increase in bills, in 2025 it will be recognized An extraordinary contribution of 200 euros on the energy supplies of domestic customers with values ​​of the equivalent economic situation (ISEE) up to 25 thousand euros. The contributions will be discounted directly in the bills without any formal question. According to the government assessments, the measure, contained in the last decree just published in the Official Gazettewill affect about 8 million families, with a allocation of 1.65 billion euros.