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Italy Orders Minimum Coal Power Output As It Rolls Back Energy Emergency

Italy’s Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin ordered on Wednesday that domestic coal-fired power plants operate at minimum levels as the country is rolling back some of the emergency energy security measures from last year amid high natural gas storage levels.

The minister asked electricity transmission system operator Terna to stop electricity generation from fuel oil and to reduce to minimum power production from coal-fired power plants, the Energy Security Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The move comes after the latest emergency and monitoring meeting showed that natural gas storage levels are reassuring for Italy’s energy security, electricity demand has dropped, and hydropower production has increased.