The brand is indelible: star, cogwheel, olive and oak branches. The emblem is that of the Italian Republic. The headed paper is that of the «Presidency of the Council of Ministers». The subtitle is a confession: «Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification». The “fingerprints” are those of the «Legislative Office».
Blitz night
It is late at night in Palazzo Chigi when the "PEC" reaches the nearest hosting , that of the majority leaders of Montecitorio and Palazzo Madama. The calendar shows May 27th. The content is confidential: «Consolidated text for regulatory simplification of procedures concerning the production of energy from renewable sources pursuant to article 26 of law 5 August 2022, n. 118". In short, this is the latest blitz by the Palaces of Rome to "liberalise" all the procedures intended to encourage energy speculation in Sardinia. A provision that is added to the already devastating one regarding "suitable areas". An operation in grand style, implemented by silent and hidden directors who, faced with the risk of a popular insurrection and future restrictive regulations, show that they are in a hurry to collect authorizations and money.
"Manina" informed
The excuse for this umpteenth "low blow" is a delegated law on competition passed in the middle of August two years ago, with the aim of razing even the last obstacles to the wind and photovoltaic "misdeed". The declared intent was to make markets more competitive, in reality the result is that of a legislative device intended to "crush" any defense for Landscape, Environment and Cultural Heritage. The measure is always inspired by a wise and well-connected ""little hand", with a profound knowledge of the obstacles that have overlapped in recent years along the path of the wind and photovoltaic invasion, from Saccargia to Barumini, from Sos Enattos to Florinas. Whoever wrote the "coup" law knows perfectly well the sentences of the Administrative Courts, especially that of Sardinia, which had brought out the prevalence of environmental and landscape, cultural and archaeological values, compared to the merely economic and falsely energetic ones placed at the basis of the wind attack on the Land of Nuraghi. The offending text is article three of the provision sent as a "practice" to the parliamentary leaders. The content is the stuff of a wind power "regime", where all resistance, including constitutional ones, is erased with military force . The title of the offending article reads: «Priority criteria and duties of the parties». More than criteria, they are diktats, peremptory and without appeal, rather than duties of the parties, they are the total submission of the public part to private affairs. They write from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Reforms: «When weighing legally relevant interests, priority is given to the construction and operation of energy production plants from renewable sources, as well as to the development of the related network infrastructure and to the diffusion of energy from renewable sources" .
“Regime” of Rome
A "regime" in fact, as they write in article one of the delegated decree: "This decree defines the administrative regimes for the construction or operation of production plants and energy storage systems from renewable sources". In the first article they also tried to pass off a "double face" preamble as "do-gooder", but they proved themselves wrong immediately afterwards with that wicked formula of "priority is given" to wind turbines and photovoltaic panels. Just thinking about it would be considered a real constitutional ambush on the fundamental values of the Landscape and Cultural Heritage, protected by the Charter of Laws itself, let alone having the courage to put it in black and white in a decree implementing a parliamentary delegation.
«Maximum diffusion»
The statement contained in article one leaves no room for interpretation: «For these purposes, it pursues the maximum diffusion of energy production plants from renewable sources through the rationalisation, reorganization and simplification of procedures relating to renewable energy and its adaptation to Eurounitary discipline". The order is peremptory: «The State, the regions, the local authorities and any other subject involved in the administrative procedures governed by this decree comply with the provisions contained therein within one hundred and twenty days from the date of its entry into force. This is without prejudice to the competences of the Regions with special statutes which comply with this decree in accordance with their respective special statutes and the related implementation rules". In short, even if you are "special" regions you must adapt to the "coup" of Rome.
