Italy plans to turn down the heating in homes and businesses to help cut gas consumption by around 5.3 billion cubic metres to reduce the risks associated with a total interruption of gas flows from Russia, the government’s saving plan showed on Tuesday.
The move comes at a time when energy prices have jumped following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and supplies have been curtailed.
The government plans to drop the heating temperature by 1 degree Celsius in industrial and residential buildings, the document said.
Rome is also in talks with industrial lobby Confindustria to agree a further reduction in gas consumption on a voluntary basis, it added.
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