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by frm88
11 days ago
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It's maybe worth to study the composition of energy prices in Germany: https://energiewende.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/EWD/Red... The higher prices are partly artificial: surcharges for offshore wind and special-grid-use surcharge, subsidies for 'co-generation of electricity and heat and to compensate for the burden caused by the Combined Heat and Power Act' , the concession fee, VAT. Except for the offshore wind surcharge, all the others would exist no matter the fuel you use. Together with 43% procurement charges - which would also exist independent of the fuel used, all of these explain your bill. Substituting the renewables with coal or nuclear would only marginally lower your prices. Maybe if they would cut their $5.9B subsidies for coal, which are also in your bill, prices could go down a little more. Edit: the numbers for subsidies in fossile fuels were wrong, not 1.9 but 5.9 https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.827737.de/nachrichten/schluss... |
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