100% of Gran Sasso goes to Hera Comm
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100% of Gran Sasso goes to Hera Comm
The Hera Group consolidates its presence in the Abruzzo region, purchasing the gas and electricity sales company active primarily in the areas surrounding L'Aquila, Pescara and Chieti

The Hera Group's presence in Abruzzo has now grown, thanks to the purchase by Hera Comm of 100% of Gran Sasso, the Gran Sasso Energie company with central offices in Pratola Peligna (in the province of L'Aquila) that is involved in free market gas and electricity sales.
Gran Sasso serves approximately 15,000 gas customers and over 3,400 electricity customers, largely concentrated in the areas surrounding L'Aquila, Pescara and Chieti. In 2015 the company's revenues reached € 9.7 million, due to sales of 16.5 million m3 of gas and 8.5 GWh of electricity. Following the takeover, the extant contracts with clients will remain in force and the company will continue to operate in Abruzzowith bespoke personnel and contact channels.
This operation contributes to the development of a model that brings together the Group's attention towards customers, seen in its physical presence across the areas served as is typical of local businesses, and the potentiality for innovation in services and offers and the competitiveness that derive from belonging to a Group that, with over 2.1 million customers, is among the foremost operators in the Italian energy market. This model has proven to be particularly effective and appreciated by customers who show a high and constantly growing level of satisfaction, and has led the number of customers to more than double over the past ten years.
Hera Comm's experience will thus allow the needs of Gran Sasso's customers as well to be better satisfied, with the new offers and diversified services that will gradually be introduced, beginning in the upcoming months.
The purchase of Gran Sasso, which follows upon those of Fucino Gas, Alento Gas and Julia Servizi, prolongs Hera Comm's path of growth in Abruzzo, consolidating its presence in this region by offering electricity and gas services to over 60 thousand clients, who are now to be added to the 155 thousand served in the neighbouring Marche region.
"Our widespread presence across the areas served and the flexibility we have maintained, both typical of local businesses, come together with the innovative services and offers tailored to customers' needs, as developed while managing over 2 million customers. These are the keys to success that have led us to more than double our customers over the last ten years", explains Cristian Fabbri, CEO of Hera Comm. "We are convinced that Gran Sasso's current customers as well will appreciate our services and integrated offers".
"Gran Sasso developed over the years thanks to the quality of its services and the value of the offers it proposes. We believe that becoming part of a structure as solid and successful as the Hera Group can bring further benefits to our clients" explains Vincenzo Santacroce, Managing Director and owner of Gran Sasso. "Precisely in order to pursue our path of development, we have decided to continue to collaborate with Hera Comm, even following the purchase."
The Hera Group is one of Italy's leading multi-utilities, operating in the energy (electricity and gas distribution and sales), waste (collection and treatment) and water (aqueduct, sewerage and purification) sectors. The Group's over 8,500 employees are at work every day in order to meet the numerous needs of 4.4 million citizens in over 350 municipalities, mainly found in the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo and Triveneto regions. Hera Comm is the gas and electricity sales company, 100% controlled by Hera Spa, that operates across the nation with over2.1 million customers.
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A collaboration agreement has been signed to support companies and local areas on their path towards the energy transition and circular economy, through innovative solutions that combine sustainability with competitiveness
Saipem, a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and Hera Group, one of Italy’s leading multi-utilities, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement, initially lasting three years, with the aim of supporting Italian companies in their energy efficiency, decarbonisation and circular economy journeys.
The partnership draws on Saipem’s engineering and technological expertise and Hera Group’s long-standing experience in waste, water and energy services. Both companies share a firm commitment to sustainability and emissions reduction.
The agreement between the two organisations aims to support companies and local areas in the energy transition, offering concrete, integrated solutions to reduce emissions, improve consumption efficiency and enhance resource recovery. Particular attention will be paid to the needs of the most energy-intensive industrial sectors, such as ceramics, glass, paper, chemicals, cement, steel and other industries characterised by processes that are difficult to electrify, all of which face an increasingly complex and challenging path towards Net Zero.
Through this partnership, Saipem and Hera Group will make their multidisciplinary expertise available, offering a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and integrated solutions for energy efficiency, renewable energy, hydrogen and carbon capture systems. The objective is to identify, on a case-by-case basis, the most effective energy transition pathway from a technical, energy and economic perspective.
Interested companies will be able to benefit from a free preliminary audit designed to assess the best possible decarbonisation pathway from an energy and economic standpoint, as well as support in evaluating incentive schemes available at national and European level to help make projects feasible. This represents a concrete contribution across the entire energy transition value chain, a rapidly evolving sector that is increasingly strategic for the competitiveness of the production system.
For Saipem, the agreement with Hera Group forms part of its strategy to support the energy transition of the most complex industrial sectors. The partnership enhances the Group’s engineering and technological expertise and its ability to integrate innovative solutions, strengthening Saipem’s role as a technology partner for Italian industry. It also broadens access to solutions for energy efficiency, renewables, hydrogen and CO₂ capture, in line with Saipem’s evolution towards increasingly sustainable business models.
This agreement is fully aligned with the path outlined by Hera Group in its Business Plan to 2029, which envisages €3 billion in investments dedicated to the energy transition and circular economy of local areas and businesses. Also moving in this direction is the cutting-edge project for the capture of CO₂ emissions at the Ferrara waste-to-energy plant, proposed by Hera Group as lead partner in collaboration with Saipem. The project was selected in October 2024 to receive funding under the fourth call for mid-scale projects of the EU Innovation Fund, confirming the multi-utility’s commitment to promoting advanced technologies and strategic partnerships to make a concrete contribution to national and European climate targets.
Hera Group
Hera Group is one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities and operates in the environment, energy and water sectors, with over 10,500 employees. More than 7.5 million citizens receive at least one service provided by the Group. Listed since 2003, it is among the top 40 Italian companies by market capitalisation, is included in the FTSE MIB index and has been part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2020, recently renamed the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index.
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Saipem
Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. Saipem is a “One Company” organised into business lines: Asset Based Services, Drilling and Sonsub, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind and Sustainable Infrastructures. The company has five fabrication yards and an offshore fleet of 17 owned construction vessels and 12 drilling rigs, nine of which are owned. Always focused on technological innovation, the company’s vision is “Engineering for a sustainable future”. For this reason, Saipem is committed every day to supporting its clients on their energy transition journey towards Net Zero, using increasingly digital means, technologies and processes geared towards environmental sustainability. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, Saipem operates in more than 50 countries worldwide and employs around 30,000 people of over 130 nationalities.
Website: www.saipem.com