Overview
- Italy shifts to daylight saving time at 2:00 Sunday, March 29, moving clocks to 3:00 and keeping the summer schedule for about seven months.
- Terna estimates the 2026 change will save about 302 million kWh, cut bills by roughly €80 million, and avoid around 142,000 tonnes of CO2.
- From 2004 to 2025, daylight saving in Italy reduced power use by more than 12 billion kWh, which Terna says translated into about €2.3 billion in savings.
- The Chamber of Deputies’ X Committee has opened a fact‑finding review on permanent summer time with hearings and a June 30 deadline.
- The push follows petitions by SIMA and Consumerismo and a proposal from lawmaker Andrea Barabotti, while any switch would still depend on stalled EU action to end seasonal clock changes.