The position taken by the Province of Sassari was strong which, in recent days, had denounced the delicate situation of high energy prices to the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, highlighting the critical issues that the area and the municipalities face on a daily basis.
After the appeal of the extraordinary administrator Pietrino Fois , the first good news had arrived , that is the arrival of the refreshments thanks also to the resources recovered from the provincial budget, the Province reassured the school principals regarding the total coverage of the gas energy costs and diesel, supported by the institutes over the course of 2022.
The ministerial refreshments amount to around 800 thousand euros , of which 500 have already reached the provincial coffers, arrived in three tranches, but the other 290 thousand euros are expected which should be available within this year. With regard to the legislation on high bills, however, the provincial administration highlights a sensational criticality: "If it is true - reads a note - that refreshments are provided to compensate for the expensive electricity and gas, the same legislation does not reference to diesel, which, in the case of Sardinian schools, constitutes around 80% of the total cost of the bills . So if the refreshments are enough to buffer the increases in gas, they are not sufficient to cover the greater increase due to the increase in diesel. Total coverage of the expenses took place, as mentioned above, thanks to an effort by the administration which amounts to 600 thousand euros; resources that the offices found with difficulty, further bringing the provincial coffers to their knees. Therefore, the Province secures the institutes by guaranteeing the coverage of the expenses, but specifies that the reference legislation on the aid of the expensive energy must be adapted to the regional school reality which almost exclusively uses diesel to heat the complexes of its competence ".
