Enel’s letters to energy-intensive companies: “Contracts need to be discussed”
“Enel is sending notice letters to some business customers, terminating existing contracts because it is impossible to guarantee current conditions beyond December 31st”. Il Fatto Quotidiano writes it, which claims that the letter was sent to a thousand energy-intensive companies. “As is known – reads the letter – the situation of growing instability in the markets and the international scenario has generated and continues to generate exceptional and unpredictable effects on the trend in electricity prices” and for this reason the company cannot guarantee (… ) for the year 2023, the continuation of the contractual relationship under current economic conditions, nor does it believe that it will be able to adapt its offer to the current market price of energy, as this would result in a particularly expensive tariff for the customer “.
In essence, Enel explains Il Fatto Quotidiano, “informs the company of the withdrawal from the contract starting from January 1, 2023 and in doing so it refers to article 2.10 of Enel’s general supply conditions “. The contracts will therefore be “rewritten and reworked, to the point that the company in any case anticipates the companies that will be contacted to arrange a meeting with the reference consultant to identify the best commercial solution for the company “. dear bills is not finished yet and new increases are expected which, writes the Fatto Quotidiano, puts about 100,000 companies at risk of closure.
Enel asks for a price ceiling. Rationing risk
Meanwhile, Enel is asking the EU to set a temporary ceiling on gas prices to contain the impact on households and businesses, while the French energy giant Edf raises the alarm about possible energy rationing this winter in Europe. We need “a temporary cap at EU level on wholesale gas prices, in the short term”, said Enel’s CEO, Francesco Starace, in a meeting with the Director General of DG Energy of the European Commission, Ditte Juul Jorgensen. . An intervention that “would solve the root problem, with an immediate positive effect on electricity prices, while avoiding the risk of a fragmentation of the single market due to uncoordinated national measures”, explained Enel’s CEO. And in the medium term it would be “essential to implement renewable energies on a large scale to guarantee energy security, thus providing customers with cost-effective and carbon neutral solutions”, added Starace.
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