East German state premier criticises power price differences
Welt Online / dpa
East German state premier criticises power price differences
Once again, an eastern German state premier has criticised regional discrepancies in the power price, dpa news agency reports in an article carried by Welt Online. Brandenburg鈥檚 Social Democrat premier Dietmar Woidke said eastern Germany paid 鈥渟ignificantly more鈥� than western federal states, with important impacts for economic development, particularly for energy-intensive industries in the east.
Grid fees account for around a quarter of the power price and are higher in sparsely populated regions, as well as areas where the grid has to be expanded to cope with newly installed renewable energy facilities.
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For background, see the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Grid fees 鈥� unfair and opaque?.