[pjc50]

> The state energy firms of EU countries

Which state energy firms? Most countries have mostly privatized generation with just the grid in public ownership. EDF is something of an exception, but they have very different economics (and the nuclear fleet).

> "paying high energy prices to repay state debt"

The whole range of general taxation is available for that.

> A bunch of states have already started pretty heavily taxing them.

Which European states?

[spwa4]

Through various methods the EU is subsidizing the increased cost of fuel for a large number of customers, including electricity prices and gas prices.

e.g. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat...

The issue is that this is very expensive and EU countries are going deeper into debt to finance this.