Society and local communities
Consultation with local governments
Terna’s approach to local communities comes into play especially when the Company constructs new lines – on which see the chapter on Environmental Responsibility – and consists in engaging local institutions (Regions, Provinces, Municipalities, Parks).This process includes listening to stakeholders’ opinions and the pursuit of an agreed on solution for the location of the new infrastructure and the reorganization of existing infrastructure. The dialogue between Terna and local institutions requires about 20 resources of the Institutional Affairs Department, who devote themselves to institutional meetings and joint on-the-spot investigations with all the bodies concerned. This is an intense activity, because the process that precedes and accompanies the authorization of new works is very complex.
The pre-authorization process lasts on average from one to three years and entails the following activities:
Terna’s approach to local communities comes into play especially when the Company constructs new lines – on which see the chapter on Environmental Responsibility – and consists in engaging local institutions (Regions, Provinces, Municipalities, Parks).This process includes listening to stakeholders’ opinions and the pursuit of an agreed on solution for the location of the new infrastructure and the reorganization of existing infrastructure. The dialogue between Terna and local institutions requires about 20 resources of the Institutional Affairs Department, who devote themselves to institutional meetings and joint on-the-spot investigations with all the bodies concerned. This is an intense activity, because the process that precedes and accompanies the authorization of new works is very complex.
The pre-authorization process lasts on average from one to three years and entails the following activities:
- meetings to define and formalize cooperation as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment
- meetings to define a system of criteria for analyzing the local area and select the alternatives with the least impact
- meetings to apply the criteria to the local area and identify the corridor in which the work is to be constructed
- meetings to define the feasibility strip inside the corridor and the related protocols of understanding
- meetings to define and formalize conventions and compensations.
The authorization process is implemented through service conferences and lasts on average from one to two years.
The following table summarizes the participatory decision-making processes with the stakeholders concerned on energy planning and infrastructure development, as well as the results of the engagement.
THE MAIN CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES
WORK |
TYPE |
LENGTH |
GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED |
NUMBER OF MEETINGS |
---|---|---|---|---|
"Foggia - Villanova (PE)" electric line ("Foggia - Gissi (CH)" segment) - Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia |
380 kVi | about 120 km |
3 Regions 3 Provinces 19 Municipalities |
23 |
"Fano (PU) - Teramo" line |
380 kVi | about 190 km |
2 Regions 6 Provinces 45 Municipalities |
18 |
"Castrocucco - Maratea" line - Basilicata |
150 kV | 15 km | 1 Region 2 Municipalities |
2 |
Interconnection of the islands of Campania (part of the work) |
150 kV | 30 km | 3 Municipalities |
6 |
"Deliceto - Bisaccia" line - Campania and Puglia |
380 kV | about 35 km |
2 Regions 2 Provinces 5 Municipalities |
24 |
"Montecorvino - Avellino Nord - Benevento II" line ("Avellino Nord - BN II" segment) |
380 kV | 65 km | 1 Region 3 Provinces 23 Municipalities |
15 |
Station north of Bologna - Emilia Romagna |
380 kV | 25 km of overhead lines 20 km of demolitions |
2 Municipalities |
3 |
Rationalization of Reggio Emilia area - Emilia Romagna |
132 kV | 38 km of overhead lines 14 km cable 44 km of demolitions |
1 Province 7 Municipalities |
4 |
Riccione – Rimini link | 132 kV | (work being decided, consultations in progress) | Municipalities of Riccione, Rimini, Coriano |
2 |
Reorganization of Rome metropolitan area - Lazio |
165 km of demolitions 100 km of new overhead lines 67 km of underground cable |
1 Region 1 Municipality 3 Parks |
10 | |
New 380/132- kV station and link to existing 380-kV "Caorso - Cremona" line - Lombardy |
380 kV | about 9 km |
1 Province 2 Municipalities |
3 |
"Fano (PU) - Teramo" line - Marche |
380 kV | 189 km (in the consultation stage the removal of 118 km of 220 kV or 40 km of 132 kV) | 2 Regions 6 Provinces (5 Marche, 1 Abruzzo) |
6 |
"S.ta Teresa - Tempio - Buddusò" line - Sardinia |
150 kV | about 95 km |
1 Region 1 Province 9 Municipalities |
3 |
"Selargius - Goni" line - Sardinia |
150 kV | about 30 km | 1 Region 1 Province 12 Municipalities |
2 |
Mulargia station - Sardinia |
150 kV | 1 Region 1 Province 1 Municipality |
2 | |
"Chiaramonte Gulfi - Ciminna" line - Sicily |
380 kV | 1 Region 6 Provinces 22 Municipalities |
9 | |
Reorganization of grid in the Lucca area - Tuscany |
380 kV and 132 kV |
(work being decided, consultations in progress) |
Consultations currently in progress with Municipality of Lucca |
2 |
Rationalization of Arezzo (part of work) - Tuscany |
380 kV, 220 KV and 132 kV |
about 81 km |
1 Region 2 Provinces 7 Municipalities |
5 |
Rationalization of HV grid in Umbria - Umbria |
120 kV | (work being decided consultations in progress) |
1 Region 2 Provinces (so far 1 Municipality involved in consultation) |
10 |
Schio station (Vicenza province) - Veneto |
220 kV | consultations in progress |
1 Municipality |
8 |
Reorganization grid in upper Belluno area (Belluno province) - Veneto |
380-220- 132 kV |
awaiting authorization |
1 Province 4 Municipalities |
4 |
Polpet station (Belluno province) - Veneto |
220 kV | awaiting authorization |
1 Province 3 Municipality |
0 |
Cross-Veneto electrical line |
380 kV | consultations in progress (authorization process to start by end of 2011) |
2 Provinces 9 Municipalities 1 Park |
5 |