Gas prices living in the country

11/22/2010 - 04:50

We had a our gas bombola filled recently (700 litres) and was surprised that we did not get our normal 'riduzione'. Previous years we have had circa 10% reduction as we live outside of the main Metano pipeline and therefore can only use a bombola. Anybody seen any changes in this ? Thanks in advance, S

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we also just got our tank refilled but the mountain area discount was still in place.i suggest you check with your comune that you are still entitled to this reduction in which case fax the declaration of the comune to your gas company and get a rebate.

I would check with your liquid gas supplier Sprostoni. There was some completely nonsensical hoop (a year or less back) which (dunno if communale, provinciale or what) some people had to jump through to get the 'discount'. It became the consumer's problem to prove they were outside the rete metanizzato, and they had to provide a map. Duh.  If you search google.it for rete metanizzato (?precise spelling, but google will help) you'll find lots of information. Best of luck (I speak as a very fortunate person with metano on tap!) I have some inkling that this is NOT the same discount as the one you get if you live in a mountainous (or otherwise absurdly chilly) place, which as sebastiano says is still in place and, as far as I know, unchanged.

We had the same problem in the summer. On checking with our gas supplier it turned out that we now have to sign a form each year( which they can provide) confirming that we are outside the rete metanizzato. Although we believe that we are, getting actual proof of this is not easy to find so thanks for the advice given above.