Energia Corrente

Energia Corrente (branded on its website as E.CO Energia Corrente) is an Italian energy retail company that sells electricity and natural gas to households and businesses across Italy. It was founded in 2007 by the Consorzio per le Risorse Energetiche S.C.p.A. (CRE), a consortium created in 1999 by major companies in the Emilia-Romagna region that pooled their electricity purchases in Italy's newly liberalised market to reduce energy costs. Energia Corrente was established to bring that consortium experience to the open market, offering competitive supply conditions and a higher standard of service, positioning itself as a close and reliable partner for its customers. The company operates through four business units: Electricity, Gas, Energy Solutions and E-mobility. Its consumer offer includes fixed-price electricity plans such as the "CasaFissa Biennale di Energia Corrente", which locks the price of electricity for two years with stated fixed rates and no hidden costs, as well as gas supply. Beyond straightforward supply, Energia Corrente provides energy-efficiency solutions and electric-mobility services, an area in which its parent CRE was among the first Italian operators to offer advanced services. Energia Corrente is part of the Gruppo CRE and is headquartered in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It serves customers throughout the national territory. The brand maintains a visible public profile through partnerships — notably a multi-season collaboration with the Cesena FC football club, including its youth sector — and through editorial content such as its "Energy Update" series on energy-market trends, as well as coverage of its growth path in Italian business media. As a private, consortium-backed supplier, Energia Corrente competes in Italy's liberalised retail energy market, where dozens of operators vie for household and business customers. Its differentiation rests on the heritage and purchasing strength of the CRE consortium, transparent fixed-price offers, and an integrated range spanning electricity, gas, efficiency and e-mobility.

Energia Corrente's history is rooted in the Consorzio per le Risorse Energetiche S.C.p.A. (CRE). In 1999, major companies in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region joined forces to seize an opportunity created by the liberalisation of the electricity market: by purchasing electricity together on the free market, they could reduce their energy costs. This collective purchasing effort became the CRE consortium, which grew into a recognised operator with a strong reputation in the national energy market and was among the first to offer advanced services for electric mobility and energy efficiency. In 2007, CRE founded Energia Corrente as a dedicated electricity and natural gas sales company. The purpose was to bring the consortium's experience and purchasing strength to the open market, offering competitive supply conditions together with a qualitatively superior standard of service. By transferring the consortium's know-how with its member companies to a broader customer base, Energia Corrente positioned itself as a close and reliable partner for its clients. Over the following years the company structured itself into four business units — Electricity, Gas, Energy Solutions and E-mobility — and expanded its reach to serve businesses and families across the entire national territory of Italy. Its consumer portfolio includes fixed-price offers such as the CasaFissa Biennale, which locks the electricity price for two years with stated fixed rates and no hidden costs. Energia Corrente has also built a public-facing brand presence. It has maintained a multi-season partnership with the Cesena FC football club, extending in a later season to the club's youth sector, and it publishes an "Energy Update" editorial series analysing energy data, trends and news. Its growth trajectory, together with that of the parent Gruppo CRE, has been covered in Italian business media, including the L'Economia pages of Corriere della Sera. As of the mid-2020s the company remains an active, private, consortium-backed energy retailer in Italy.

• 2007

  CRE founds Energia Corrente as an electricity and natural gas sales company.

• 1999

  Major Emilia-Romagna companies associate to buy electricity together in the liberalised market, creating the Consorzio CRE S.C.p.A.

• Energia Corrente structures its activities into four business units: Electricity, Gas, Energy Solutions and E-mobility.

• Energia Corrente and Cesena FC renew their partnership for a third consecutive season, extending support to the club's youth sector.

• The growth path of Gruppo CRE and Energia Corrente is featured in the L'Economia pages of Corriere della Sera.

Consortium-backed Italian energy retailer offering competitive, transparent fixed-price electricity and gas plus efficiency and e-mobility services, positioned as a close and reliable partner for families and businesses.

• CasaFissa Biennale di Energia Corrente

  Fixed-price electricity offer locking the price for two years, with a stated fixed rate per kWh (losses included) and a monthly commercialisation fee, reserved for new domestic customers switching from another supplier.

• Electricity supply

  Electricity sales to households and businesses across Italy.

• Natural gas supply

  Natural gas sales to households and businesses.

• Energy Solutions

  Energy efficiency and related energy services.

• E-mobility

  Electric mobility services, an area in which parent CRE was among the first Italian operators.

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