In recent months there has been a very quick drop in Gas pricesdue to various factors, from international politics at the price of other hydrocarbons. This means that the bills of Italian consumers could also drop, as long as families are willing to change offer and seek a better one of the various operators available on free market.
One of the methods to exploit the most convenient offers is that of purchasing groups. Provided for by the legislation on the free market, they allow consumers to associate and find better offers than those available in the event that they were alone.
The price of the gas collapses, the effect on bills
Between February and March the price of the gas on international markets has collapsed. In a month, the cost of the main hydrocarbon used for the production of electricity in Europe and for heating the houses it dropped by 31%involving a contextual drop in electricity prices, which are closely linked to those of methane, 39%.
The reasons for this drop are varied. First of all winter It is finished and throughout Europe the temperatures of the first part of spring have been very high. This strongly reduced the demand for methane for heating homes and factories and, consequently, the price also fell. The end of winter has also relieved the pressure on the gas supplies, which have also rectied to a more rigid season than the last.
Furthermore, attempts at peace interviews between Russia and Ukraine They decreased the speculation on the international markets of energy raw materials. At the same time, the price of oil, among the main alternatives to methane, is collapsing mainly due to internal discords of the OPEC, the sign of large producers.
How to find the best offer on the free market
In Italy the consumer is used to seeing the effects of these drops directly in bill. With the free market, however, things change. For example, those who have signed a fixed price contract will not see what marginal effects on the cost of energy. In order to take advantage of this favorable moment therefore, it is necessary to change the supplier.
The operation is still quite foreign to the daily life of Italian consumers, but it is essential to fully take advantage of the offers of the market free. It is not different, in essence, from the choice of a new telephone operator when this makes available a more convenient offer than the one he has subscribed to.
To find the best offers, the state has made available the Portal offers from Arerawhich allows you to compare all the offers of the free energy market and find the most suitable and the most convenient.
What are purchasing groups
But looking for alone is not the only option that consumers have available. In fact, the legislation of the free market provides for the possibility of associating in purchasing groups. These associations are promoted by an organizer. A purchase group managed by Non -profit consumerism and wegroup.
The organizers of the groups take charge of the selection of the best offer and then propose it, under certain conditions, to the consumers who have joined. The website of Arera Remember that each purchasing group must provide:
- identity of the group organizer;
- Membership of Arera Guidelines;
- impartiality and independence of the group from sellers;
- description of the initiative and its time duration;
- audience of customers to whom the offer and type of supply is addressed;
- address to contact for requests for information and clarifications.
In addition, purchasing groups are obliged to provide assistance to consumersmanage problems reports and inform their members adequately on the contractual relationship with energy suppliers.
