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Julia Klöckner (CDU) in the Bundestag in September 2022
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After an announced billion-dollar subsidy from the federal government for grid fees, the Union faction in the Bundestag insists on further steps to curb electricity prices.
"The government has a duty to finally present a concept for a competitive industrial electricity price," said the economic policy spokeswoman for the parliamentary group, Julia Klöckner.
She called for further measures to be taken, especially for energy-intensive companies.
»Because their competitiveness and thus also their jobs are massively endangered by the extremely high electricity costs«.
With a subsidy of 13 billion euros, the federal government wants to slow down a further increase in electricity prices and prevent electricity grid fees from rising sharply in the coming year.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) said: "All consumers pay the network charges - both the economy and private households." This is a large proportion of electricity costs, especially for the economy.
Network charges threatened to triple.
»We are now making sure that these cost increases are absorbed and thus prevent additional burdens for industrial companies, medium-sized companies and consumers.«
Habeck announced that this was happening in the context of the electricity price brake and the defensive shield.
For interim financing, surpluses from the EEG account are used.
There are currently around 17 billion euros.
Remuneration and sales proceeds for renewable electricity are posted to the account.
Because of the comparatively high electricity prices, the account is in the black.
On Wednesday, the four major transmission system operators announced the planned amount of the usage fees, which, in addition to production and procurement costs and taxes, make up part of the bill for end customers.
In 2023, they should average 3.12 cents per kilowatt hour.
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