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Europe unready for hybrid attacks on energy system warn Italian utility chiefs

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September 10, 2026

Days after suspected sabotage attempts knocked out almost 5 GW of German lignite capacity and produced an intraday spike many times higher than normal market levels, the CEOs of two of Italy’s major energy firms warned at the Ambrosetti Forum, Italy’s equivalent of the Davos economic summit, that Europe was unprepared to repel hybrid attacks on its energy infrastructure. Reporting: Alina Trabattoni, Italian correspondent, Montel News. Contributors: Luca Dal Fabbro, CEO, Iren; and Nicola Monti, CEO, Edison.