"Public utilities predestined to implement Energiewende"
Germany鈥檚 public utilities will be at the forefront of implementing the decentralised energy supply required by the Energiewende, Katherina Reiche, director of the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU), said in an interview with Welt kompakt. Reiche said 97 percent of the energy provided by renewables was fed into distribution grids, which are largely operated by public utilities. The four major transmission grid operators argue for a centralised solution 鈥渢hat can鈥檛 be right,鈥 Reiche told the newspaper. She said the transmission grid operators鈥 actions prompted some observers 鈥渢o speak of an oligopoly forming in the energy market,鈥 adding that public utilities were most suitable for implementing combined heat and power solutions and therefore 鈥渘eed the same access rights to data鈥 as transmission grid operators 鈥渢o serve their purpose on the ground.鈥
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For background, see the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Combined heat and power - an Energiewende cornerstone? and the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Small, but powerful 鈥 Germany鈥檚 municipal utilities.