The Rai license fee inserted in the electricity bill? This is an improper burden, and as a result may soon be cut off. This will also be addressed by the government on Thursday when the council of ministers meets to discuss the competition bill.
The intention of the executive is in fact to respect the agreements made with Brussels through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr). In the contract sent to the European Union, Italy, as recalled by the messenger, undertakes to cancel the obligation for companies that sell electricity to “collect amounts that are not directly related to energy through bills“. Among these, therefore, also the canon of the Rai. Not a small novelty for consumers.
The costs of the fee
Fu Matteo Renzi, enacting the Stability Law (2015), to insert the payment of the fee in the electricity bill, so as to stop the evasion of the tax on public television. A decision that has naturally led to an increase in the costs of the energy bill: we are talking about 9 euros per month for 10 months (90 euros per year in total). The reform of the leader of Italia Viva, therefore, could soon be dismantled. A dedicated parliamentary procedure is even hypothesized, in the event that the law on the fee does not fall within the provision being studied by the government.
Inside the electricity billin addition, there are also other impractical charges, such as territorial compensation measures, nuclear safety measures, system research support or tariff concessions recognized for the railway sector. It is not yet clear how the executive intends to move. It is certain, however, that the bill, according to the commitments made with Brussels, must be approved within this month, with final adoption starting at the end of next year.
Usigrai’s reaction
The reaction of the RAI journalists union was not at all expected. “The discussion on the fee in the bill shows that there is no future for Rai if the question of the certainty of the resources. As is well known, we have neither totems nor taboos: what interests us is that the Public Service finally has certain, long-lasting, autonomous and independent resources. In order to be able to make a serious industrial plan, without depending on the current government year by year“, reads the official note, published by time.news. “It is not our claim, but a precise obligation on the part of the State, sanctioned by the Service Contract. In addition to being a pillar of all the European indications on the freedom of public radio, television and multimedia services. Finally, we remind you that they still pending before the Council of State 3 appeals on the cut of 150 million imposed in 2014“.