13 Oct 2016

Energiewende: Relieving retail sector and consumers

vzbv / HDE

A reform of the electricity tax along with other measures, such as removing certain industry exemptions, could lead to electricity cost savings of 3.8 billion euros for the retail sector and private consumers, according to a joint position paper by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) and The German Retail Federation (HDE). “The retail sector and private consumers currently pay an disproportionately large share of the Energiewende costs” with almost half of the renewable surcharge, although they consumed only a third of German electricity, said Klaus Müller, executive director at vzbv.

Read the press release in German here and the position paper in German here.

For background, read the CLEW article Germany’s renewables surcharge to rise less than expected – report and the CLEW factsheet What German households pay for power.

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