A Regional Analysis of the Efficiency by Energy Producers in Italy

The energy market in Italy is characterized by a competitive framework where regulatory Authority checks the conditions in which operate enterprises that produce, store, distribute and trade energy. The presence of government subsidies towards the energy's production Italian enterprises from two decades up now days in different ways (Energy Account, Green Certificates, GRIN, etc.) points out the issue if the efficiency of this industry was affected by these incentives. In this study we focus on the efficiency of the energy's production SMEs taking into account the territorial gap among the Italian Regions. An analysis on the impact of the subsidies to the energy producers has been conducted regarding the efficiency of the industry on the basis of data collected (Source ISTAT, GSE).