Daylight saving time returns, hands forward 60 minutes

For decades now, the last Sunday of March coincides with the entry into force of thesummer time: tonight (between Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March) at 2am, we will move the clock hands forward by sixty minutes, while on electronic devices the change will be automatic.

L’summer time will end on Sunday 25 October, with the return tosolar time. According to the analyzes of Ternathe society which manages the national electricity transmission network, the return tosummer time will result in a savings of approx 80 million eurosthanks to a minor electricity consumption of approx 302 million di kWhwhich is equivalent to the average annual requirement of 115 thousand families.

The benefits for the environment with summer time

The decrease in consumption will translate into an advantage for theenvironmentleading to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions you seem to 142 thousand tons of CO2. Il economic benefit estimated for the period of summer time in 2026 it is calculated considering an average cost per kilowatt hour of 26.63 euro cents (before taxes) for the “typical domestic customer under protection”, according to the data He is nurturing relating to the first quarter of the year. In recent years, the effect ofsummer time was significant: from 2004 to 2025, according to the analysis of society led by Giuseppina Di Foggia, the minor overall electricity consumption was higher than 12 billiondi in kWhwith a economic savings for citizens equal to approximately 2.3 billion euros.

L’summer time was established in Italiaand in several others European countriesIn the 1916to deal with the scarcity of energy raw materials linked to First World War. Shortly after the end of the war, in 1920the practice was abandoned, only to be reinstated during the Second World War. The systematic use of change of time in our country it was introduced in 1966.

The debate on permanent daylight saving time

Il Parliament is working on the possibility of introducing in Italia l’permanent daylight saving time. Last March 11th Productive Activities Commission of the Chamber approved the start of a cognitive investigation “on the impact ofpermanent daylight saving time on the national territory: effects and repercussions on the sectors”, presented last November on the initiative of Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (Sima), Consumerism No profit and the deputy Andrea Barabotti (Lega). The investigation is expected to be completed by June 30th. The discussion originates from public consultation launched in 2018 from the European Commissionin which they had participated 4.6 million European citizens: 84% were in favor ofabolition of the time change.