Italian Association of Energy Wholesalers and Traders

What Italian Association of Energy Wholesalers and Traders does

AIGET (Associazione Italiana di Grossisti di Energia e Trader) is an Italian trade association founded around 2000 that represents companies engaged in the wholesale trading of electricity, natural gas, and related energy products and services in Italy. It is a non-profit (associazione di categoria) headquartered in Milan (Via dei Carracci 10, 20149), with no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no public trading. Its core products are services rather than technology: regulatory and legislative advocacy (ARERA, Camera dei Deputati, Senato, Ministry of Economic Development, EU institutions including EER and EFET), member-only forums and working groups on electricity, gas, and efficiency topics, training programs (notably the Corso di Alta Formazione co-organized with Politecnico di Milano's MIP School of Management), industry events (Utility Day, GasDay, AIGET annual conference), and coordination of collective legal action to protect members' commercial interests. The association aggregates Italy's independent energy wholesalers and traders, providing them a collective voice in market liberalization, tariff and system-charge design, decarbonization policy, and consumer protection consultations.

AIGET is funded entirely through recurring annual membership fees paid by qualifying energy wholesalers and traders; no public pricing information is available and revenue figures are not disclosed. Its go-to-market is community-led: companies join to gain representation in regulatory consultations, access to working groups, networking with peers, exchanges (GME, Borsa Italiana) and regulators, and participation in high-profile industry events. Marketing channels include the Italian/English website, the @AigetEnergia Twitter account, press releases, patronized conferences, and direct member outreach via the Area Soci portal. AIGET employs a small permanent staff (no headcount disclosed) and is led by an elected President (Leonardo Santi, reconfirmed March 2025) and four Vice Presidents (Giuseppe Alfano, Marco Laccure, Elisa Rondella, Piergiacomo Sibiano), with leadership renewed biennially.

The association does not develop or sell technology products and has no disclosed AI/ML, APIs, or proprietary platforms. Distribution is domestic (Italy) with selective European extension via partnerships with Energy Traders Europe (formed October 2025), EFET (ongoing co-training and master-agreement work), EER (AIGET helped found it in 2017 and has held its presidency), and GME (market development and policy consultation). Strategic significance has historically concentrated on regulatory moat and ecosystem lock-in; the 2024 25th-anniversary rebrand and 2025 European partnership mark recent modernization moves rather than a scale-up trajectory.

Name

Italian Association of Energy Wholesalers and Traders

Legal name

AIGET - Associazione Italiana di Grossisti di Energia e Trader

Website

https://aiget.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AIGET is a Milan-based Italian trade association founded around 2000 that represents energy wholesalers and traders, providing regulatory advocacy, working groups, training, events (Utility Day, GasDay), and EU-level representation via EER and Energy Traders Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Energy wholesale trading
• Energy market advocacy
• Trade association services
• Energy regulatory consultation
• Energy industry networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: AIGET is funded through annual membership fees paid by energy wholesale and trading companies. Membership provides access to the private member area, forum, working groups, and the right to participate in and influence regulatory consultations and advocacy activities at Italian and EU level. No public information on fee structure is available.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AIGET is a trade association (associazione di categoria) that represents Italy's energy wholesalers and traders. Its core offering is membership-based: members pay annual dues to receive regulatory and legislative advocacy before ARERA, the Italian Parliament, and EU institutions; access to working groups and a private forum on electricity, gas, and efficiency; participation in industry events and training (including the flagship Corso di Alta Formazione with Politecnico di Milano's MIP); and the ability to engage in collective action before Italian, administrative, and EU courts to defend members' commercial interests.

Product overview

AIGET (Associazione Italiana di Grossisti di Energia e Trader) is an industry association for energy wholesalers and traders in Italy, not a product company. The organization operates a website and member portal that provides access to member-only services including a discussion forum, event information, press releases, and media content. The association focuses on promoting competition and transparency in energy markets, facilitating standard development, and representing members in national and international energy sector institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIGET Membership (Associazione / Diventa Socio)
• AIGET Annual Convention and Industry Conferences (Utility Day, GasDay, Italian Energy Summit, annual AIGET conference)
• Corso di Alta Formazione in Energy Finance, Renewables & Commodity Trading

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

API docs

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Energy Traders Europe (Eter)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025AIGET and Energy Traders Europe announced a strategic partnership in October 2025 aimed at strengthening European energy markets through joint advocacy, knowledge sharing, and coordinated representation at the EU level. The partnership brings together AIGET's Italian membership base with Eter's broader European network, enhancing cross-border market integration and policy influence.
• EER — European Energy Traders AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Michele Governatori of AIGET was elected President of EER (European Energy Traders), the European association of independent energy sellers. AIGET was instrumental in founding EER in 2017 alongside other national associations. This gives AIGET direct representation in European energy policy discussions.
• iKN ItalyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAIGET provides patronage (patrocinio) to the annual Utility Day conference organized by iKN Italy, a major industry event for Italian energy sector professionals. AIGET members benefit from preferential access and visibility.
• Credit VillageminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAIGET is associated with the 5th Cv Utility Day organized by Credit Village, scheduled for October 2026 in Milan, covering topics relevant to energy sector professionals.
• European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIGET maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship with EFET, including co-organizing events (e.g., EFET master agreement workshops), joint training initiatives, and alignment on European energy trading standards and advocacy positions.
• GME — Gestore del Mercato Elettrico (Italian Energy Exchange)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIGET works closely with GME on market development, training, and policy consultation. GME is Italy's state-owned operator of electricity and gas markets, and AIGET represents its members' interests in the evolution of organized energy markets.
• Politecnico di Milano (MIP School of Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIGET collaborates with Politecnico di Milano's MIP on the Corso di Alta Formazione in Energy Finance, Renewables & Commodity Trading — a flagship training program for energy professionals in Italy, co-organized since at least 2009.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity): Represents European electricity TSOs. While structurally different (system operators vs. traders), ENTSO-E is a stakeholder in the same regulatory and market-design conversations in which AIGET participates, making it an ecosystem counterpart.
• World Energy Council: Global energy industry association. Operates at a broader scope than AIGET but pursues a comparable member-driven advocacy and convening model across the energy value chain, including in Italy.

Direct peers

• European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET): The pan-European trade association for energy trading participants. EFET is a direct counterpart to AIGET at the EU level, with which AIGET co-organizes master agreement workshops and aligns on trading standards — making it the most analogous organization in scope and function.
• European Energy Traders (EER): European association of independent energy sellers co-founded with AIGET involvement in 2017. An AIGET executive (Michele Governatori) served as EER President, indicating very close mission alignment on independent-seller advocacy across Europe.
• Energy Traders Europe (Eter): European-level association of independent energy sellers. Eter became AIGET's strategic partner in October 2025 and shares the same advocacy focus on independent energy sellers/wholesalers across Europe, making it a direct peer in mission and constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Elettricità Futura: Italy's principal electricity industry association covering producers, distributors, and suppliers (largely incumbents). Cited alongside Utilitalia as a broader industry counterpart to AIGET's narrower focus on independent wholesalers and traders.
• Eurogas: European gas industry association representing the wholesale, retail, and distribution gas value chain. Eurogas is analogous to AIGET at the EU level for gas-market advocacy, with overlapping membership profiles among energy wholesalers and traders.
• Confindustria Energia: Confindustria's federation for energy companies in Italy. Represents a broader cross-section of upstream, midstream, and downstream energy firms and frequently engages in the same regulatory consultations as AIGET, making it an adjacent industry-association peer.
• Utilitalia: Italian federation representing integrated water, energy, and environmental services utilities (predominantly incumbents). It is explicitly cited as a broader counterpart to AIGET in Italian energy policy and regulatory discussions, operating at the national level with a much wider membership footprint.

Regional players

• Federazione Italiana per l'uso Razionale dell'Energia (FIRE): Italian association promoting energy efficiency among energy users and providers. While focused on the demand-side efficiency agenda (which AIGET also touches via its 'Efficiency & Environment' working group), it overlaps in Italian energy-policy advocacy circles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aigetenergia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aiget

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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