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    Piero Viganò
    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
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    Piero Viganò

    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
    Lawyer
    Partner

    Contacts

    T : +39 02 725511

    piero.vigano@advant-nctm.com

    Expertise

    Piero Viganò gained extensive experience assisting clients in various energy production projects, M&A transactions, as well as corporate and regulatory matters related to incentive schemes.

    Piero provides consultancy services to leading companies engaged in energy production and energy services, as well as to various energy intensive companies. He collaborates with numerous companies involved in electricity and energy production, as well as private equity funds, industries, banks, consortia, technology development companies, and local public utilities.

    With a deep understanding of market regulations, Piero offers comprehensive legal assistance across all types of renewable energies, cogeneration, storage, self-generation, distributed generation, and energy efficiency projects.

    Piero Viganò was mentioned in the Legal 500 2020 edition and, in same year, Piero Viganò was ranked as a top lawyer for the Energy practice in the survey promoted by Milano Finanza and Class CNBC.

    He was also ranked by “Top Legal Guida - I migliori Studi e Professionisti” for the Energy practice in 2020.

    Piero Viganò has authored numerous articles on topics related to the energy sector.

    He is fluent in both Italian and English.

    Education

    • Admitted to the Bar of Milan, 2009
    • Law Degree, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2006.

    Publications

    • “Energy Laws and Regulations 2023 | Italy”
      in: Energy Laws and Regulations | Italy | GLI (globallegalinsights.com), 2023
    • "Canoni per l'idroelettrico, una sentenza di straordinaria importanza dalla Tsap” Co-autore
      in: Quotidiano Energia 24 - 16 January 2019
    • "Energie Rinnovabili (RES): artato frazionamento: l'incertezza aumenta a causa di una recente sentenza", Co-autore
      in: Quotidiano Energia 24 - 5 December 2018

       

    Articles

    The law converting the Environmental Decree has been approved: all the amendments concerning EIAs and EIA screening
    On 10 December, the law Law Decree No. 153 of 17 October 2024, providing ‘Urgent…
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    GSE as Guarantor in PPA Contracts: the Reform of the Emergency Decree
    IntroductionWith the approval of Decree Law No. 208 of December 31, 2024 (“Emerg…
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    The MASE publishes the Operating Rules of the FER 2 Decree
    Last 23 December, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security reported i…
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    The Sardinia Region approves the law for the identification of areas and surfaces suitable and unsuitable for the installation and promotion of RES plants
    On 5 December, the Regional Law no. 20 ‘Urgent measures for the identification o…
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    Greenfield: the latest case law
    The following is a review of the most relevant recent rulings on authorization p…
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    In-Depth Note: Unified Renewable Energy Code
    The Council of Ministers, during the meeting on 25 November 2024, approved the U…
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    Discounted energy price will be offered to Energy Intensive Companies under the MASE Energy Release Decree
    On 23 July 2024, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (“MASE”) ap…
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    The Sardinian Moratorium already before the Constitutional Court
    Regional Law no. 5 of 3 July 2024, with which the Council approved the so-called…
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    The Agricultural Law Decree and its impact on the Italian renewable market.
    With this note, we intend to summarize and comment the main provisions of articl…
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    The main new provisions (and critical issues) of the third draft of the Fer X Decree
    With this note, we intend to summarize the main new provisions resulting from the latest draft of the so-called “Fer X Decree” circulated on May 31, 2024, compared to the previous one, as well as to commen…
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    European Commission green light for FER (RES) 2
    On 4 June, the European Commission approved the draft ministerial decree, drawn up by the MASE in agreement with the MASAF, with the aim of promoting the production of electricity from innovative renewable…
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    The new draft of the Ministerial Decree “FER X”: relevant changes and main novelties
    Introduction A new draft of the Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (the so-called “FER X” and, hereinafter also, the “Decree”), implementing Articles 6 and 7 o…
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    Green light to the conversion of the “D.L. Energia”: the main changes and innovations
    With the final approval by the Senate on January 31, 2024, the process of conversion into law of the Decree Law No. 181/2023 comes to an end. The Chamber of Deputies had already approved the conversion bil…
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    Energy Decree: first step for the development of the offshore wind industry
    What Happened The recently enacted Decree Law no. 181/2023 (“Energy Decree”) introduced an important innovation regarding the development of the offshore wind plants industry chain. In fact, it is st…
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    The new "Energy Release" and the long-term corporate PPAs
    On November 27, 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the so-called “Energy Decree” containing “urgent provisions for the Country’s energy security, promotion of the recourse to renewable sources, suppor…
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    Italian Supreme Administrative Court rules on Superintendence’s denial of photovoltaic installations in restricted areas
    Council of State - Judgement no. 9778/2023 What happened? The Italian Supreme Administrative Court (Division VI, judgment no. 9778/2023) issued a judgement regarding the powers of the Superintendence…
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    The agovoltaic incentive decree
    Introduction The above Decree (“MASE Decree”), approved by the EU Commission on November 10, 2023, is intended to regulate incentives for Agrovoltaic Plants (“AV”). Its entry into force, provided for in…
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    Draft "Energy Decree": new contribution to be paid by producers of fer plants
    What is happened As part of the latest draft of the so-called “Energy Decree” awaiting discussion in the Council of Ministers, the establishment of an “Environmental and Territorial Compensation and Reb…
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    The new regulation for energy-intensive industries
    Decree Law No. 131 of 29 September 2023, «Urgent measures on energy, actions to support purchasing power and to protect savings» was published in the Official Gazette (“Decree Law No. 131/2023”) and is the…
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    Draft Decree Implementing Legislative Decree 199/2021 on Suitable Areas
    Introduction This document aims to provide a summary of the regulations on identification of suitable areas included in the draft decree implementing Legislative Decree 199/2021 and addresses the mo…
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