Cabinet to Examine Energy-Cost Decree and Nuclear Bill

Rome: Premier Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet will examine a decree with measures to combat soaring energy bills and a bill regarding Italy’s return to nuclear energy at a meeting on Friday, according to the agenda released on Thursday.

According to Ansa News Agency, Italy abandoned nuclear power following a referendum in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, but the government plans to return to atomic energy with small latest-generation reactors. The agenda highlights that the decree contains “urgent measures for families and businesses for discounted rates for the supply of electricity and natural gas, by reducing the tax burden, as well as for the (greater) transparency of retail offers.”