Early Warning System

Countries

Italy

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Rome and Formello

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

European Investment Bank (EIB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Oct 28, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Areti SpA

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Energy
Infrastructure

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 540.88 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 500
Converted using 2024-10-28 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 1,332.73 million

Bank Documents

Environmental and Social Data Sheet (ESDS) - ACEA EFFICIENZA RETE IV

Media Documents

Italy: ACEA: €500 million from EIB and CDP covered by SACE guarantee for electricity distribution ne

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Apr 22, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Oct 30, 2024

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project concerns the promoter's investment plan 2024-2027 for the modernisation and extension of the electricity distribution network in the municipality of Rome and Formello.

The aim is to replace obsolete infrastructure with modern and more efficient components to improve the electricity network resilience to climate events, ensure the overall stability and reliability of the distribution system as well as reduce the risk of supply interruptions.

Such investments in the electricity network having a long-term economic lifetime will contribute to reduce GHG emissions by enabling the connection on new renewable energy sources, and the electrification of the economy based on low carbon energy, as per EU and national long-term climate and energy policies.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Overall, the environmental impacts of the Project are expected to be minor and related mainly to noise, vibration, dust, and traffic disruption during the construction, and electromagnetic fields (EMF) and nuisance during operation.

The schemes presented do not meet the minimum thresholds for EIA screening set out in the Italian legislation because they are below 150kV and less than 30 km. The Promoter informs that none of the works will be implemented inside or near Natura 2000 areas.

The Project does not entail physical resettlement and allows the improvement of quality of service to users (SAIDI and SAIFI), improvement of operating conditions and the connection of a distributed generation from renewables.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Areti S.P.A. provides electricity distribution services. The Company manages electricity network consisting of high, medium, and low voltage power lines, primary and secondary substations, and systems for remote control and measurement of the energy taken and fed into the grid. Areti serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Italy.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Areti SpA	Client	-

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Contact: Lorenzo Squintani
Email: l.squintani@eib.org
Phone: +352437982528

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.eib.org/en/infocentre/registers/request-form/request-form-default.htm

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EIB

The EIB Complaints Mechanism is designed to facilitate and handle complaints against the EIB by individuals, organizations or corporations affected by EIB activities. When exercising the right to lodge a complaint against the EIB, any member of the public has access to a two-tier procedure, one internal - the Complaints Mechanism Office - and one external - the European Ombudsman. A complaint can be lodged via a written communication addressed to the Secretary General of the EIB, via email to the dedicated email address: complaints@eib.org, by completing the online complaint form available at the following address: http://www.eib.org/complaints/form via fax or delivered directly to the EIB Complaints Mechanism Division, any EIB local representation office or any EIB staff. For further details, check: http://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/complaints_mechanism_policy_en.pdf

When dissatisfied with a complaint to the EIB Complaints Mechanism, citizens can then turn towards the European Ombudsman. A memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the EIB and the European Ombudsman establishes that citizens (even outside of the EU if the Ombudsman finds their complaint justified) can turn towards the Ombudsman on issues related to 'maladministration' by the EIB. Note that before going to the Ombudsman, an attempt must be made to resolve the case by contacting the EIB. In addition, the complaint must be made within two years of the date when the facts on which your complaint is based became known to you. You can write to the Ombudsman in any of the languages of the European Union. Additional details, including filing requirements and complaint forms, are available at: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/atyourservice/interactiveguide.faces