In Ilfoglio.it, Luca Lo Schiavo and Carlo Stagnaro (Istituto Bruno Leoni) analysed Italy’s persistently high electricity bills and the multiple policy-driven causes behind them. The article references Epicenter’s study showing that Europe does not need additional resources for the next Multiannual Financial Framework: the EU can achieve its objectives by concentrating spending more effectively while remaining within the traditional 1% of GNI cap. The authors argue that auction revenues from the ETS should be used to reduce energy bills rather than feed an expanding EU budget, while calling for national measures to cut system charges, reduce bureaucracy, and accelerate genuine market reforms.