• ERG CEO Paolo Merli spoke at the Italian Renewables Investment Forum in Rome on utilities’ investment priorities for the energy transition.
• Merli flagged renewables, battery storage, grid buildout, electrification as core investment pillars to scale clean generation and system flexibility.
• He backed policy support tools including FER-X, MACSE, capacity market to underpin investment in generation, storage, system adequacy.
• Merli warned windfall measures such as TOPE or extraordinary taxes could raise regulatory risk, slowing long-term investment decisions.

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