Lettera del Primo Ministro Kyriakos Mitsotakis alla Presidente della Commissione Europea Ursula von der Leyen in merito al mercato energetico dell’UE

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>Dear Ursula,

>I am writing to you about the issue of electricity prices. In the span of a few months, wholesale electricity prices in Greece have more than doubled from 60 €/MWh in April to 130 €/MWh in August.

>This increase has occurred despite our remarkable progress in accelerating the energy transition. Relative to last summer, our generation from wind and solar increased by 25%, while output from lignite fell 27%. This is exactly what we want in our electricity system. Yet prices rose to levels last seen in early 2023, when we were still coping with the aftermath of the most acute energy crisis in our history.

>This disconnect between an energy transition that is highly successful, and electricity prices which jump suddenly to extreme levels requires a political response. Left unaddressed, it threatens our citizens and our competitiveness. It could undermine support for our EU Green Deal.

>In large part, the increase in prices in Greece reflected regional factors. Similar increases were seen in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and other Member States. This is a regional crisis.

>A number of factors explain this shock: very warm weather, exacerbated by climate change, outages of generation and cross-border capacity, and low rainfall during the winter, which left reservoirs with less water for the summer season.