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The energy price hike across Europe is causing further worries among German officials and company leaders, with the first politicians openly calling for support payments to help poorer households weather the surge in costs. Conservative interior minister Horst Seehofer (CDU) said the responsible ministries would have to 鈥渜uickly develop measures鈥� to help struggling households 鈥渁lso in the short run,鈥� energy policy newsletter Tagesspiegel Background reported. In an interview with Welt am Sonntag, Bavaria鈥檚 state premier said that 鈥渨e should provide heating allowances and lower energy taxes as a short-term response to exploding energy prices.鈥澛燞e said the environmentally friendly policies should not come at the expense of social cohesion.聽Wolfgang Tiefensee, Social Democrat 聽economy minister of central German state of Thuringia, called for one-off payments, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported. "These support payments could be tied to housing allowances in a quick and uncomplicated way," Tiefensee said. In the same article, Rainer Dulger, head of the Confederation of German Employers鈥� Associations (BDA), said the energy crisis gives reason to ponder longer run times for the country鈥檚 coal-fired power plants. "If we discover that the exit schedule has been too ambitious and renewable energy sources will only be safely available later" then alternatives should be discussed openly, Dulger said. The BDA head also stressed that he considers the decision to leave nuclear power earlier than coal wrong as companies would depend on affordable energy. 鈥淲hat is happening at the moment is a cause for concern,鈥� he added. Saxony鈥檚 energy minister Wolfram G眉nther of the Green Party argued that the slow pace of renewables expansion is partly to blame for the energy price crisis. 鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 be seeing these high prices if we had an adequate speed鈥� in building new wind turbines and solar panels, G眉nther said. Consumer protection organisation vzbv calculated that the higher prices will significantly increase the average household energy bill, newspaper Die Welt聽. In a flat of 100 square metres, consumers would pay about 980 instead of 770 euros per year for natural gas for heating and warm water. However, customers, of course, could influence the prices they pay by choosing cheaper providers or consuming less thanks to better insulated buildings.

Prices for gas and electricity have reached new record levels in Europe in recent months due to a wide range of reasons. Economic recovery in many countries around the world after the coronavirus pandemic鈥檚 effects have subsided has let demand spike, while renewable power output has been low and gas storages lower than usual after the past cold winter season. Higher prices in the European emissions trading system ETS have also contributed to higher overall costs for energy.