Italy's two largest charging operators are selling subscriptions again, and the date they picked is not a coincidence. Eni Plenitude's promotional summer tariff expires on 30 September 2026, and the new terms take effect the next morning.
What expires on 30 September
Plenitude's published summer rates, valid since 1 June, are the cheapest public charging Italy has had this year.
| Charger class | Summer, euro per kWh | Standard, euro per kWh |
|---|---|---|
| Quick, AC up to 22 kW | 0.53 | 0.65 |
| Fast, DC up to 75 kW | 0.60 | 0.85 |
| Fast+ and Ultrafast, DC above 75 kW | 0.65 | 0.90 |
The summer column is Plenitude's own published tariff. The standard column is what Motorbox reports the rates revert to, and it is the one that matters: on DC that is a rise of 42% on Fast and 38% on Ultrafast, arriving in a single step.
The three subscriptions
From 1 October, Plenitude On The Road sells monthly bundles. Unused kWh expire at the end of the month, and anything past the bundle is billed at the standard rates above.
| Plan | Euro per month | kWh included | Euro per kWh | Chargers covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Road | 45 | 100 | 0.45 | Quick |
| Fast Road | 83 | 150 | 0.55 | Quick, Fast, Fast+, Ultrafast |
| Open Road | 150 | 200 | 0.75 | Plenitude and roaming partners |
When a subscription actually pays
A bundle costs the same whether you fill it or not, so the useful number is where it overtakes paying as you go.
Fast Road costs 83 euro. At the standard Fast rate of 0.85 euro that buys 98 kWh; at the Ultrafast rate of 0.90 euro it buys 92. Below those, pay-per-use is cheaper. Smart Road turns at 69 kWh against the 0.65 euro Quick rate.
Open Road is the awkward one. Against Plenitude's own Ultrafast rate it does not break even until 167 kWh — five-sixths of the allowance it sells you. Its case is the roaming, not the price.
Enel runs a parallel ladder
Enel's Italian charging has been run by Enel Energia since it was folded out of Enel X Way on 1 September, at unchanged terms. It prices by time band — day 07:00 to 20:59, night 21:00 to 06:59 — and sells the discount as a ladder. Pay Per Use Basic is free and charges 0.67 euro by day and 0.58 at night on Quick, rising to 0.83 and 0.78 on high-power chargers and 0.86 on Sundays. Plug&Go Super costs 4 euro a month and takes 0.05 euro off every kWh. Vaielettrico reports a third tier, Plug&Go Explorer, at 12 euro a month with night rates of 0.48, 0.54 and 0.72 euro; it is not listed beside Super on Enel's own page, so treat it as reported rather than published.
What this changes for a Tesla owner in Italy
Superchargers are not the comparison for most of it. Tesla prices by site and by hour and publishes no table, so the Italian question is what the rest of the route costs — and off the Supercharger corridors the answer is usually Plenitude or Enel.
Work the threshold out before 1 October. Around 95 kWh a month of public DC is roughly 550 to 600 km in a Model Y at 16 to 17 kWh per 100 km — a figure an owner who charges at home rarely reaches, and one an owner who cannot charge at home passes without noticing.
TeslAnt found the same shape on Italian motorways this month, where Ionity charges 0.87 euro per kWh in Italy against 0.59 in France and the subscription repays itself inside a single stop. Italy is expensive to charge in, and the tariff you signed up for decides what you pay.