The idea of a regulatory State presupposes a constitutional order inspired by the model of liberal democracy, based on a complex system of checks and balances. In today’s reality, marked by populist and sovereigntist pressures, independent regulation and the authorities which are responsible for it are facing growing opposition. In Italy, thirty years after their establishment with Law No. 481/1995, the model of regulatory authorities should undergo a comprehensive check-up, starting with the appointing mechanism and other safeguards systems to ensure independence. Recently, the fifth board of the Italian energy regulation authority (Arera) has been appointed. Since the 1990s, its intervention area has been expanded from the electricity and gas sectors to water and urban waste management
Lo Stato regolatore presuppone un ordinamento costituzionale ispirato al modello della democrazia liberale che prevede l’esistenza di un sistema articolato di pesi e contrappesi. In questa fase storica, attraversata da spinte populiste e sovraniste, la regolazione indipendente e le autorità ad essa preposte incontrano un’opposizione crescente. In ogni caso, nell’esperienza italiana, a trent’anni dalla legge n. 481 del 1995 che le ha istituite, il modello delle autorità di regolazione andrebbe sottoposto a un check-up complessivo, a partire dai meccanismi di nomina e gli altri presidi a garanzia dell’indipendenza. In particolare, è stato di recente nominato il quinto collegio dell’Autorità di regolazione per energia reti e ambiente (Arera) che, com’è noto, dal 1990 ha visto ampliare il proprio perimetro di intervento dai settori dell’energia elettrica e del gas a quello dell’acqua e del ciclo dei rifiuti urbani.
L'indipendenza delle autorità di regolazione nelle crisi / Clarich, Marcello; Lucattini, Simone. - In: ENERGIA. - ISSN 0392-7911. - (2026), pp. 40-45.
L'indipendenza delle autorità di regolazione nelle crisi
clarich marcello
;lucattini simone
2026
Abstract
The idea of a regulatory State presupposes a constitutional order inspired by the model of liberal democracy, based on a complex system of checks and balances. In today’s reality, marked by populist and sovereigntist pressures, independent regulation and the authorities which are responsible for it are facing growing opposition. In Italy, thirty years after their establishment with Law No. 481/1995, the model of regulatory authorities should undergo a comprehensive check-up, starting with the appointing mechanism and other safeguards systems to ensure independence. Recently, the fifth board of the Italian energy regulation authority (Arera) has been appointed. Since the 1990s, its intervention area has been expanded from the electricity and gas sectors to water and urban waste managementI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


