After approval by the European Commission, in mid-January 2024 the Court of Auditors gave the green light to the decree of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (Mase) which promotes renewable energy communities and self-consumption. We are now awaiting publication on the Ministry’s website, which will coincide with the entry into force of the decree

Within 30 days of the entry into force of the decree, the rules for accessing the benefits are expected and will be contained in another document on which the Ministry and GSE are reportedly working.

There are two types of concessions, namely a tariff incentive and a non-repayable contribution.

The first, the tariff incentive, is aimed at the entire national territory and involves a saving on the costs of energy produced by those who make up the Renewable Energy Community and an incentive tariff on shared energy. In addition to the Cers, the incentive tariff, as established by Legislative Decree 199/2021, can be recognized for collective self-consumption systems from renewable sources and individual self-consumption systems of remote renewable energy that use the electricity distribution network.

The non-repayable contributions, up to 40% of the investment, are intended for communities built in municipalities with fewer than five thousand inhabitants.