Waste regulation: update, consolidation and vision at the launch of the new ARERA board

2026 will be the year of the completion and consolidation of regulation in the waste sector. In addition to the planned update of the tariff method (MTR-3) and the regulation of technical quality, the Authority will also regulate unbundling and user fees. In this renewed context, the discipline on calls for tenders will also be completed. For the first time, therefore, the regulatory discipline will be applied in its entirety, over the entire span of the waste management process: from the drafting of calls for tender to the formulation of fees; generating the conditions of consistency necessary for the regulation to be effective. 
The conference aims to promote a constructive dialogue between the various stakeholders in the sector to observe the process of transposition of the regulatory novelties, adopting an overall view that includes both the point of view of the operators in the sector and that of the institutions, starting from the new board of ARERA (Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment).

Session Chair

Alessandro Cecchi, Executive Board Utilitalia

Program

Introduction and coordination by the Session Chair
Alessandro Cecchi, Executive Board Utilitalia

Governance, management, regulation: overview of the national situation
Francesca Mazzarella, Director of Regulatory Affairs Utilitalia

Assessments on the waste regulation in light of the latest measures
Bruno Manzi, Utilitalia Environment Coordinator
Ferdinando Di Mezza, Vice President of Assoambiente
Gianfranco Grandaliano, Cisambiente
Francesco Iacotucci, IFEL Foundation consultant for regulation on waste
Leonardo Raito, President of ANEA (National Association of Area Government Bodies for Water and Waste)
Giulia Battista, Competition Department II, Transport, Energy and Environment Directorate, AGCM

Round table. The operators' point of view 
Moderator:
Alessandro Cecchi, Executive Board Utilitalia

Speakers:
Walter Giacetti, Managing Director A&T2000
Paolo Carta, Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs Alia
Francesco Carlini, Regulatory Affairs Manager A2A
Filippo De Simoi, Head of Regulation and Tari System, Hera Group

Conclusions
Lorenzo Bardelli, Director of ARERA (Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment) (TBC)