News Digest Item
07 Mar 2017

“Abolition of electricity tax”

dpa/Welt

Schleswig-Holstein’s state Energiewende minister and Green politician Robert Habeck calls for abolishing the electricity tax, reforming grid fees and lowering the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)-surcharge to relieve consumers of high power costs, report dpa/Welt. Industry exemptions from the EEG-surcharge should in the future not be financed by power consumers, but the state, said Habeck.

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Also read the 淨 article Debate on financing renewables in new ways gathers pace in Germany.

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