MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest utility Enel (>> Enel) will double its investments in Italy over the next two years to 12 billion euros (£10.6 billion), the group's CEO Francesco Starace said on Wednesday.

In a previous business plan, the utility had earmarked 6 billion euros over two years.

"In the next two years we will double our investments. The potential in Italy is huge," Starace said during a Reuters Breakingviews event in Milan.

(Reporting by Stephen Jewkes, editing by Agnieszka Flak)

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