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Price of natural gas for annual domestic consumers in the regulated market in Italy from 1st quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2024 (in euro cents per cubic meter)

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Release date

March 2025

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

Q1 2020 to Q4 2024

Special properties

For contracts regulated by ARERA and not by the free market. For an average annual consumption of 1,400 cubic meters of gas. *In 2024, the gas protection service (regulated market) ended. Figures refer to an average annual consumption of 1,100 cubic meters in the vulnerability protection service.

Supplementary notes

From October 2022 onward, the source provides monthly data. Quarterly figures were calculated by ��ƽ��.

Figures have been rounded.

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In Italy, the regulated market price of natural gas for households with an average annual consumption of cubic meters boomed at *** euro cents per cubic meter in the first quarter of 2022, after the cut-off of natural gas exports from Russia. The Italian government ended the gas regulated market at the end of 2023. The price for 2024 refers to an average annual consumption of cubic meters in the vulnerability protection service.

Natural gas price trends

The natural gas price started to increase in 2021, when the natural gas consumption worldwide and in Italy increased compared to 2020 due to the economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis. In 2022, Italy was strongly hit by the energy crisis, since Russia was one of the main natural gas suppliers to this country, providing around ** percent of the total natural gas imports.

Impact of natural gas on electricity prices in Italy

Natural gas is the main source of electricity in Italy. For this reason, the electricity price for average household consumers in Italy increased along with the natural gas price, reaching a record of over ** euro cents per kilowatt-hour in the fourth quarter of 2022.